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BI-CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION 


First  Congregational  Church 
and  Society 


BRIDGEPORT,    CONNECTICUT 


June  I2th  and  13th,   1895 


NEW  HAVEN: 

The  Tuttle,  Morehouse  &  Taylor  Press 

1895 


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PREFACE. 


The  First  Church  and  Society  of  Bridgeport  —  originally 
the  Parish  of  Stratfield  —  looked  forward  to  the  two- 
hundredth  anniversary  of  its  organization  for  some  years 
previous  with  increasing  interest.  The  celebration  was 
carefully  planned  and  most  successfully  carried  out.  The 
decorations  of  the  church  were  extremely  effective ;  the 
weather  was  perfect ;  the  attendance  of  interested  and  sym- 
pathetic audiences  was  from  beginning  to  end  as  great  as 
could  be  accommodated;  the  music  —  rendered  by  the  com- 
bined choirs  of  the  First,  the  Second,  the  Park  Street 
Congregational  Churches,  and  the  Presbyterian  Church  — 
was  admirable ;  in  short,  the  occasion  seemed  to  those 
most  concerned  to  be  a  delightful  one  in  every  particular. 
It  appeared  desirable  to  preserve  a  permanent  record  of  it. 
As  far  as  practicable,  to  do  this  is  the  purpose  of  the  pres- 
ent volume. 

One  feature  of  the  celebration  was  of  necessity  an  inci- 
dent of  the  occasion  only.  By  dint  of  much  research  and 
labor,  and  the  contribution  of  many  willing  hands,  a  re- 
markable loan-collection  of  relics  was  gathered  and  exhib- 
ited in  the  Chapel.  The  Committee  take  this  opportunity 
of  tendering  their  hearty  thanks  to  all  who  lent  their  aid 
toward  this  most  valuable  and  interesting  illustration  of 
the  history  which  the  celebration  commemorated. 

The  proceedings  in  the  several  services  were  stenograph- 
ically  reported  by  Mr.  F.  G.  Fowler.  The  lists  of  members 
have  been  compiled  by  the  sub-committee  constituted  for 
the  purpose  —  among  whom  it  is  not  invidious  to  name  Mr. 
Richard   B.   Cogswell.      While  the  result   is  avowedly  and 


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inevitably  incomplete,  his  indefatigable  industry  has  accom- 
plished a  task  to  which  few  could  have  proved  equal,  which 
many  will  count  invaluable.  This  volume  has  been  edited 
for  the  committee  of  arrangements,  at  their  request,  by  its 
chairman.  The  frontispiece  has  been  added  by  their  direc- 
tion. The  editor  hopes  that  the  result  of  his  endeavors  will 
be  accepted  by  the  dear  friends  he  has  served  for  so  many 
years  with  the  gracious  consideration  which  he  has  always 
experienced  at  their  hands,  and  that  one  abiding  fruitage 
of  the  Bi-Centennial  may  be  an  increased  consciousness  on 
the  part  of  the  citizens  of  Bridgeport  of  the  inspiration  to 
be  derived  from  its  honorable  history. 

CHARLES    RAY    PALMER. 

New  Haven,  Sept.  lo,  iSgs. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

1.  List  of  Committees, 7. 8 

2.  The  Letter  of  Invitation, 9 

3.  The  Programme, 10-14 

4.  The  services  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  the  12th,  including  the 

Historical  Discourse, 15 

5.  The  services  on  Wednesday  evening, 47 

6.  The  services  on  Thursday  forenoon,  the  13th,    ....  68 

7.  The  services  on  Thursday  afternoon, 109 

8.  The  services  on  Sunday,  the   i6th,   including  the  second  part 

of  the  Historical  Discourse, 142 

9.  List  of  Sites  marked  for  their  Historic  interest,  .         .         .156 

10.  Extracts  from  Letters, I57 

11.  Lists  of  Members, 163 


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BI-CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION    COMMITTEE. 

Committee  of  First  Church  and  Society. 

Charles  Ray  Palmer,  Chairman. 

Rowland  B.  Lacey,  Henry  R.  Parrott, 

William  B.  Hincks,  Henry  C.  Cogswell, 

Morris  B.  Beardsley,  Silas  Burton, 

Howard  G.  Hubbell,  Willard  P.  Abernethy, 

Robert  E.  Wheeler,  John  T.  Sterling, 

N.  Eugene  Wordin,  Horace  W.  Smith, 

Charles  Sherwood,  Ebenezer  Burr. 


Cooperative  Committee  of  South  Church. 


Samuel  W.  Baldwin, 
Alexander  Hawley, 


Edward  Sterling, 
Lewis  B.  Silliman, 


Curtis  Thompson. 


C.  R.  Palmer, 
H.  C.  Cogswell, 


H.  R.  Parrott, 
John  A.  Barri, 


C.  R.  Palmer, 
C.  Sherwood, 


L.  B.  Silliman, 
W.  G.  Lineburgh, 


Sub-Committees. 

On  Exercises. 

E.  Burr. 
On  Music. 

Miss  E.  Durand. 
On  Invitations. 

R.  B.  Cogswell. 
On  Hospitality. 

E.  F.  Meeker, 


H.  R.  Parrott, 
R.  B,  Lacey, 


Mrs.  E.  Beardsley, 
a.  t.  goodsell, 


F.  Russell, 

O.  H.  Brothwell, 


M.  B.  Beardsley, 
L  W.  Birdsey, 


A.  Hawley, 

E.  Sterling, 

F.  C.  Lyon, 


On  Reception  and  Information. 

E.  P.    HiNCKS, 
H.   D.    SiMONDS, 

F.  W.  Parrott. 


W.    B.    HiNCKS, 

E.  Burr, 
E.  C.  Smith, 

T.    C.    WORDIN, 


On  Finance. 


W.  E.  Seeley, 
W.  P.  Abernethy, 

G.    COMSTOCK, 

J.  C.  Curtis. 


Silas  Burton, 
W.  A.  Smith, 


Oft  Decorations. 


A.  H.  Gamsby. 


W.    N.    MiDDLEBROOK, 
J.    G.    HOWLAND, 


On  Printing  and  Publication. 

H.  C.  Cogswell,  E.  F.  Strong, 

A.  W.  Stillman,  C.  Thompson, 

N.    E.   WORDIN. 


On  Historic  Sites  and  Relics. 


R.   B.  Lacey, 
R.  B.  Cogswell, 


S.  W.  Baldwin, 
F.  B.  Hawley, 


David  S.  Beach. 


H.  G.  Hubbell, 
F.  Trubee, 
H.  Birdsey, 


On  Luncheon. 


J.  T.  Sterling, 
H.  W.  Smith, 
R.  E.  Wheeler. 


On  List  of  Members. 
A.  H.  Gamsby,  R.  B.  Cogswell, 

E.  Sterling,  O.  H.  Brothwell, 

A.  W,  Stillman. 


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JUNE    THIRTEENTH. 

The  First  Church  and  Society  in  Bridgeport— the  South  Church  co- 
operating— cordially  invite  you  to  be  present  at  the  celebration  of  the 

TWO    HUNDREDTH    ANNIVERSARY 

of  the  organization  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Stratfield,  June  13th,  1695. 

The  exercises  will  commence  on  Wednesday  afternoon  and  conclude 
on  Thursday  afternoon,  June  12th  and  13th,  1895.  They  will  comprise 
a  historical  discourse  by  the  Pastor,  appropriate  papers  and  addresses, 
music,  and  a  collation. 

Please  inform  Mr.  Charles  Sherwood  of  your  acceptance  of  this  invita- 
tion as  early  as  June  ist,  if  you  desire  arrangements  made  for  your 
entertainment. 

Cordially  yours, 


CHARLES   RAY    PALMER, 
CHARLES   SHERWOOD, 
FRANK    RUSSELL, 
ORLANDO    H.    BROTHWELL, 
RICHARD    B.    COGSWELL, 

Committee  of  Invitation. 


Bridgeport,  May  ist,  iSgj. 


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THE    PROGRAMME. 


1695  JUNE    THIRTEENTH.  1895 


ORDER    OF    SERVICES 


JUNE    TWELFTH    AND    THIRTEENTH,    1895, 


COMMEMORATIVE     OF    THE 


TWO    HUNDREDTH    ANNIVERSARY 


Organization  of  the  Church  at  Stratfield,  June  i2th,  1695. 


— II — 


ORDER    OF    SERVICES. 
WEDNESDAY,   TWELFTH    JUNE. 

AFTERNOON. 
(Commencing  at  half  past  two.) 


1.  Organ  Prelude 

2.  doxology. 

3.  Reading  of  Scripture 

4.  Prayer, By  Rev.  Frank  Russell,  D.D. 

5.  Anthem,  "We  Praise  Thee,  O  God  !"  /.  Baptiste  Calkin. 

6.  Historical  Discourse,    .        .   By  Rev.  Charles  Ray  Palmer,  D.D. 

7.  Hymn  1312, 

"  O  God  !  beneath  thy  guiding  hand 
Our  exiled  fathers  crossed  the  sea." 

8.  Benediction 


12 — 


ORDER    OF    SERVICES. 

►I- 
WEDNESDAY,    TWELFTH    JUNE. 

EVENING. 
(Commencing  at  quarter  before  eight.) 


1.  Organ  Prelude 

2.  Anthem,  "  Great  is  the  Lord."  Dr.  Calcott. 

3.  Prayer 

4.  Welcome  to  Invited  Guests 

5.  Ancient  Psalmody — Hymn  97, Kethe,  1561. 

"  All  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell." 

6.  Addresses  From  Invited  Guests. 

(i)  The  Rector  of  St.  John's  Parish,  Rev.  William  H.  Lewis. 

(2)  The  Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church, 

Rev.  George  W.  Nicholson. 

(3)  The  Pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Church, 

Rev.  Joseph  Pullman,  D.D. 

(4)  The  Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Davenport. 

7.  Ancient  Psalmody, W.  Billings. 

"  The  Lord  descended  from  on  high." 

8.  Benediction 


—  13— 
ORDER    OF    SERVICES. 

THURSDAY,    THIRTEENTH    JUNE. 

MORNING. 
(Commencing  at  ten  o'clock.) 


1.  Drum  Prelude 

2.  Organ  Voluntary 

3.  Anthem,  "  Send  Out  Thy  Light."  Gounod. 

4.  Prayer  of  Commemoration 

5.  Paper  on  the  Limits  of  Stratfield  Parish  as  Originally 

Constituted,      ....        By  Dea.  Rowland  B.  Lacey. 

6.  Roll    Call    of  Original  Members    of    the    Stratfield 

Church,  to  be  responded  to  by  their  Descendants. 

7.  Hymn  1046,         "  O  God  of  Bethel,  by  whose  hand  !" 

8.  Commemorative  Addresses. 

(i)   The     Saybrook     Constitution     and     the   Connecticut 

Churches,  Prof.  George  P.  Fisher,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

New  Haven. 

(2)  The  Memory  of  the  Fathers  the  Inspiration  of  their 

Children,  Hon.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford, 

Chicago,  111. 
Interlude,         "  The  breaking  waves  dashed  high." 

(3)  The  Service  of  Learning  the  Service  of  the  Churches, 

Rev.  Timothy  Dwight,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

New  Haven. 

(4)  The  Debt  of  a  Community  to  its  Founders, 

Hon.  Joseph  Hawley,  LL.D., 

U.  S.  Senate. 

9.  Letters  from  Absent  but  not  Forgotten  Friends. 

10.  Paper  on  the  Relation  of  the  Parish  of  Stratfield  to 

the  City  of  Bridgeport,  to  be  followed  by  a  Greet- 
ing from  His  Honor,  the  Mayor,  Hon.  Frank  E. 
Clark. 

11.  Hymn  1019,         "  O  where  are  kings  and  empires  now?" 

12.  Recess  for  the  Luncheon. 


—  14- 


ORDER    OF    SERVICES. 
THURSDAY,    THIRTEENTH    JUNE. 

AFTERNOON. 
(Commencing  at  half  past  two.) 


"  Should  auld  acquaintance  be  forgot?" 

1.  Organ  Prelude 

2.  Anthem,  "  Praise  the  Lord."  Randegger. 

3.  Words  from  the  Mother  Churches. 

(i)  First  Church  in  Fairfield,      .         .         .     Rev.  Frank  S.  Child. 
(2)  First  Church  in  Stratford,     .         .         .  Rev.  Joel  S.  Ives. 

4.  Hymn  329,  "  Ye  tribes  of  Adam  join." 

5.  Words  from  the  Daughter  Churches 

(i)  The  South  Church,        .        .         .    Rev.  Frank  Russell,  D.D. 

(2)  The  Park  Street  Church,  Rev.  Edward  Grier  Fullerton. 

(3)  Olivet  Church,      ....        Rev.  Edwin  K.  Holden. 

(4)  The  West-End  Church,  .         .         Rev.  Cyrus  F.   Stimson. 

(5)  The  King's  Highway  Church,        .    Rev.  Wilson  R.   Stewart. 

6.  Hymn  854,         "  Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined." 

7.  Benediction 


SERVICES    OF 

WEDNESDAY    AFTERNOON 

Organ  Prelude,  by  A.  T.  Goodsell. 
4- 

DOXOLOGY. 


Reading  of  the  Scripture  and  Prayer, 

By  Rev.  FRANK  RUSSELL,  D.D. 

The  Sc7'tpture  Lesso?i. 

"  We  have  heard  with  our  ears,  O  God,  our  fathers  have  told  us, 

What  work  thou  didst  in  their  days,  in  the  days  of  old. 

Thou  didst  drive  out  the  nations  with  thy  hand,  and  plantedst 
them  in  : 

Thou  didst  afflict  the  peoples,  and  didst  spread  them  abroad. 

For  they  got  not  the  land  in  possession  by  their  own  sword, 

Neither  did  their  own  arm  save  them  : 

But  thy  right  hand,  and  thine  arm,  and  the  light  of  thy  coun- 
tenance, 

Because  thou  hadst  a  favor  unto  them." 

[Ps.  xliv  :  1-3.] 


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"  We  have  thought  on  thy  loving  kindness,  O  God, 

In  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

As  is  thy  name,  O  God, 

So  is  thy  praise  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

Thy  right  hand  is  full  of  righteousness. 

Let  Mount  Zion  be  glad, 

Let  the  daughters  of  Judah  rejoice. 

Because  of  thy  judgments. 

Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round  about  her  : 

Tell  the  towers  thereof. 

Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks, 

Consider  her  palaces  ; 

That  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  generation  following. 

For  this  God  is  our  God  forever  and  ever. 

He  will  be  our  guide  even  unto  death." 

[Ps.  xlviii :  9-14.] 
"  Thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  abide  forever 
And  thy  memorial  unto  all  generations." 
"This  shall  be  written  for  the  generation  to  come  : 
And  a  people  which  shall  be  created  shall  praise  the  Lord." 
Of  old  hast  thou  laid  the  foundation  of  the  earth  ; 
And  the  heavens  are  the  work  of  thy  hands. 
They  shall  perish,  but  thou  shalt  endure  ; 
Yea,  all  of  them  shall  wax  old  like  a  garment ; 
As  a  vesture  shalt  thou  change   them,    and   they    shall    be 

changed : 
But  thou  art  the  same, 
And  thy  years  shall  have  no  end. 
The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  continue, 
And  their  seed  shall  be  established  before  thee." 

[Ps.  cii  :  12,  i8,  25-28.] 


—17- 


Let  us  unite  our  hearts  in  prayer: — 

Our  Father,  Thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place  in  all 
generations.  Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or 
ever  Thou  hast  formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  from  everlast- 
ing to  everlasting  Thou  art  God.  Thou  dost  sit  above  the 
heavens  watching  the  stream  of  hviman  history,  which  Thou 
didst  Thyself  form.  This  stream  pours  beyond  our  sight,  for 
Thou  art  ever  calling  hence  from  our  number  those  that  are 
.saved.  Many  have  been  the  mightiest  of  men,  filled  with 
Thee  ;  and  they  strove  divinely  for  the  truth.  Thou  gavest 
them  the  truth  and  made  it  clear  to  their  eyes,  and  they 
handed  it  down  to  their  children.  They  were  also  strong 
because  of  Thine  own  presence  with  them.  Thou  didst 
enlighten  the  generations  by  means  of  them.  Thou  didst 
exalt  some  in  every  generation  to  be  leaders  of  men,  to  work 
Thy  will  on  the  earth.  We  bless  Thee  for  those  who  sought 
to  know  Thy  will  and  to  do  it  in  Thy  fear — for  these  leaders, 
examples,  benefactors  on  the  earth.  We  thank  Thee  for  the 
gifts  and  graces  with  which  Thou  didst  endow  them  ;  for  the 
experiences  by  which  Thou  didst  edify  them  ;  for  the  charac- 
ters Thou  didst  perfect  in  them  ;  that  they  have  been  in  the 
midst  of  Thine  assemblies  as  golden  candlesticks  placed  by 
Thine  own  hand  at  the  altar. 

We  praise  Thee  and  we  bless  Thee  for  the  throngs  of 
martyrs  and  apostles  who  have  known  Thee  and  lived  to  work 
Thy  praise  on  the  earth,  who  have  gone  hence,  leaving  the 
heritage  of  their  good  work  and  their  influence  on  their  chil- 
dren behind  them.  To-day  we  almost  see  them  in  gathering 
ranks  about  Thee,  some  gone  so  long  we  would  question 
whether  they  would  recognize  us,  in  the  ranks  of  the  glorified 
before  Thee  ;  and  yet  we  know  there  is  nothing  that  wpuld 
more  heighten  their  joy  than  to  see  us  carrying  on  the  good 
work  which  they  so  nobly  commenced.  We  see  them  now  in 
the  innumerable  company  of  those  that  sing  the  song  of 
Moses  and  the  Lamb  ;  and  above  them  all  we  see  the  pierced 
hands  of  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church. 

We  bless  Thee  for  Thy  Church  in  this  world — the  Church 
of  the  Living  God,  the  pillar  and  ground  of   the  truth.     We 


—18— 

praise  Thee  that  Thou  didst  establish  it,  and  hast  preserved  it, 
and  given  honor  unto  it.  We  bring  Thee  thanksgiving  that 
it  still  stands  ;  that  the  glory  has  not  departed  from  the  temples 
which  Thou  hast  built.  We  praise  Thee  that  the  gospel  of 
redemption  is  preached  among  men,  with  altogether  wider 
extent  and,  as  we  would  fain  believe,  with  a  deeper  and  more 
pervasive  spirit  than  ever  before.  Thy  servants  are  not 
retreating  among  men,  they  are  sending  Thy  light  with 
increasing  brightness  into  the  life  of  the  world. 

When  we  look  back  to  see  older  times  of  great  darkness, 
that  there  were  nations  living  in  wickedness,  who  knew  not 
the  name  of  Christ,  we  are  grateful  to  Thee  that  now  His 
name  is  known  among  all  nations,  and  almost  by  all  mankind. 
May  the  whole  earth  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of  Him,  and 
all  flesh  see  Thy  salvation  ! 

Bless  Thy  people,  as  they  have  gathered  to  wait  before 
Thee.  We  praise  Thee  that  in  successive  generations  this 
church  has  not  failed.  Thou  hast  kept  it  ;  Thou  hast  given 
wisdom  and  power  and  learning  unto  it.  Thou  hast  declared 
that  the  law  should  go  forth  out  of  Zion,  and  Thy  law 
has  gone  forth  and  men  have  received  it,  and  have  been 
drawn  near  to  Thyself,  and  have  lived  for  Thee,  and  have 
done  with  great  courage  and  with  great  success  that  which 
Thou  didst  require  at  their  hands.  We  bring  Thee  thanks- 
giving and  praise  for  this  church  of  Christ.  We  bless  Thee 
that  Thou  hast  given  it  for  preaching  and  for  prayer,  and  to 
spread  the  gospel  among  men,  that  the  songs  of  Zion  have 
been  learned  here,  and  messages  of  divine  grace  and  love 
have  come  with  power  in  the  sanctuary,  and  thousands  have 
been  moved  to  serve  Thee  and  so  order  their  household  that 
their  children  after  them  should  be  Thy  children,  and  should 
rise  up  to  praise  Thee. 

We  thank  Thee  for  the  privilege  of  coming  together  at  this 
time  to  rehearse  the  goodly  things  of  the  past,  among  which 
Thy  hand  has  been  clearly  seen,  and  to  commemorate  Thy 
goodness  to  the  children  of  men  ;  and  of  looking  unto  Thee 
for  the  presence  of  Thy  spirit  in  the  work  that  is  to  come. 
We  pray  that  at  the  beginning  of  this  commemorative  exer- 
cise Thy  spirit  may  pervade  every  heart;  that  Thou  wilt  bless 
us  in  hearing,  bless  us  in  praying,  bless  us  in  singing,  and 
bless  us  in  speaking,  that  in  all  which  shall  be  said,  thought 


—19— 

or  done  may,  on  the  part  of  every  one  of  us,  be  such  as  to 
reflect  the  influence  of  Thy  presence  among  these  Thy  people. 

We  pray  for  Thy  blessing  upon  Thy  servant  who  shall 
address  us.  We  thank  Thee  for  his  exalted  labors  in  this 
place.  We  thank  Thee  that  Thou  hast  been  around  about 
him,  and  hast  kept  him,  and  we  pray  Thou  wilt  still  continue 
his  years  in  whatever  work  Thou  shalt  appoint  to  him. 

Bless  us,  we  pray  Thee,  in  the  exercises  of  this  afternoon, 
this  evening,  and  on  the  morrow.  Do  Thou  dwell  with  Thy 
people,  and  in  all  the  future  lead  them. 

We  ask  it  in  the  great  name  of  Jesus,  the  Head  of  the 
Church,  who  died  that  we  may  never  die,  to  whom  be  all  the 
glory.     Amen. 


Anthem,  "We  Praise  Thee,  O  God:'— J.  Baptisie  Calkin. 


Dr.  Palmer  :  My  friends,  it  is  desired,  so  far  as  possi- 
ble, to  register  the  names  of  all  who  are  here  to-day.  A 
list  will  be  increasingly  interesting  as  time  goes  on.  The 
register  is  in  the  vestibule  ;  I  will  thank  any  of  you  who 
have  not  registered  to  do  so  before  leaving  the  house. 

1  want  to  call  your  attention  also  to  a  collection  of 
relics  in  the  upper  room  of  the  chapel,  which  may  be  seen 
any  time  to-day  or  to-morrow. 

1  want  to  say  further,  before  the  close  of  these  services, 
a  photographer  will  take  a  view  of  the  house  and  audience 
in  it.  I  shall  request  you  to  wait  a  moment,  at  the  close 
of  the  services,  for  this  purpose ;  it  will  take  but  a  moment, 
and  will  represent  the  house,  just  as  it  is,  to  the  genera- 
tions who  will  come  after  us. 


HISTORICAL    DISCOURSE 


The  text  which  I  will  prefix  to  my  discourse  is  in  the 
thirty-second  chapter  of  Deuteronomy,  seventh  verse: 
"  Remember  the  days  of  old.  Consider  the  years  of  many 
generations.  Ask  thy  father  and  he  will  show  thee  ;  Thine 
elders  and  they  will  tell  thee." 

Two  centuries  of  human  history  cannot  be  reviewed 
in  a  day.  Two  centuries  of  the  history  of  a  single  com- 
munity cannot  be  set  forth  in  a  single  discourse.  I  am 
embarrassed  at  the  very  threshold  of  my  task  by  its  mag- 
nitude and  complexity.  Yet  that  something  be  said  on 
this  interesting  anniversary  of  what  has  transpired  since 
the  fathers  in  the  fear  of  God  and  in  Christian  solicitude 
for  their  families  organized  this  venerable  church,  is  a 
most  reasonable  expectation.  Relying  upon  your  con- 
siderate kindness,  1  address  myself  to  my  obvious  duty. 

It  has  always  been  an  interesting  fact  to  me  that  this 
church  originated  in  the  period  commonly  spoken  of  as 
"the  dark  days"  of  Colonial  history.  Many  historical 
students  have  set  forth  with  graphic  delineations  the 
special  hardships,  anxieties,  discouragements,  perils,  and 
calamities  of  the  ten  years  from  1685  to  1695.  There  was 
abundant  cause  for  the  gloom  and  depression  which  pre- 
vailed. The  Indian  wars,  in  which  it  has  been  estimated 
that  one  in  six  of  the  able-bodied  men  in  New  England 
lost  their  lives,  and  which  laid  upon  the  colonies  heavy 
burdens  of  taxation,  and  wrought  a  very  general  demor- 
alization ;  the  political  excitements  which  followed  the 
death  of  Charles  II.  and  convulsed  the  colonies  with  the 
fear  of  entirely  losing  the  liberties,  ecclesiastical  and 
civil,  that  the  fathers  had  crossed  the  sea  to  secure,  and 
that  the  struggles  of  sixty  years  had  made  precious ;  the 
revolution  in  1689,  and  the  new  movements  that  followed 
it;  the  suffering  and  the  losses  ensuing  from  the  raids  of 


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pirates  upon  the  coasts ;  floods  and  storms  and  frosts  of 
unusual  severity,  with  short  crops  and  depressed  trade; 
the  panic  about  witchcraft  and  satanic  agencies,  due  to 
an  epidemic  of  superstition  ; — these  and  other  incidents  of 
that  extremely  critical  period  made  it  a  time  of  despond- 
ency and  of  apprehension  to  a  degree  hardly  to  be  appre- 
ciated by  us  in  these  more  favored  days.  It  is  difficult 
for  us,  without  entering  deeply  into  the  history  of  "  the 
woful  decade,"  as  it  has  been  called,  even  approximately 
to  measure  the  gloom  which  prevailed.  Does  it  not  add 
dignity  and  sacredness  to  the  beginnings  we  commemo- 
rate that  they  were  made  in  this  particular  period  ?  Does 
it  not  enhance  our  estimate  of  the  labors  and  the  sacri- 
fices of  which  the  organization  of  this  church  was  the 
fruitage,  to  remember  just  when  it  was  that  an  undaunted 
faith  and  a  resolute  public  spirit  prompted  them  ?  We 
shall  not  do  justice  to  the  memory  of  the  fathers  unless 
we  recognize  what  discouragements  they  overcame. 

Could  we  reproduce  in  imagination  the  site  of  our  fair 
city  as  it  was  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  we  should 
see  it  a  wilderness,  without  inhabitants  other  than  a  tribe 
of  Indians  on  Golden  Hill.  About  twenty -five  years  later 
it  became — so  far  west  as  Park  Avenue — part  of  the  town- 
ship of  Stratford,  having  been  acquired  by  purchase. 
West  of  Park  Avenue  the  territory  pertained  to  Fairfield. 
The  settlement  of  this  site  began  in  the  pushing  forth  of 
Stratford  and  Fairfield  families  in  this  direction.  Abso- 
lutely the  first  to  locate  here,  it  is  said,  were  two  Strat- 
ford families,  who  came  as  early  as  1665,  that  of  Henry 
Summers  and  that  of  Samuel  Gregory.*  Their  homes 
were  near  the  corner  of  Park  and  Washington  Avenues. 
Next  came  John  and  Samuel  Beardsley,  and  then  the 
community  was  fairly  begun.  By  1678  it  was  large 
enough  to  have  a  school  of  its  own  with  forty-seven 
scholars,  and  to  sue  for  release  from  school  rates  to 
Fairfield.  By  1690  it  had  grown  so  large  as  to  seek  for 
church  privileges  as  well.  Just  when  religious  services 
began  to  be   held,  one  cannot  say.     But  the  movement 

*  Brothers-in-law. 


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which  issued  in  the  formation  of  this  church  seems  to 
have  had  its  impulse  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  Charles 
Chauncey.  This  young-  man  came  here,  I  imagine,  as  a 
school  master.  He  was  made  freeman  of  Fairfield  on 
March  i8,  1690,  but  he  had  then  been  here  for  some  time 
and  had  already  done  duty  as  a  minister,  although  not 
ordained.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Israel  Chauncey  of 
Stratford,  and  grandson  of  Charles  Chauncey,  the  second 
President  of  Harvard  College,  one  of  the  Puritan  Divines 
silenced  and  driven  from  England  in  16^.^  Israel  Chaun- 
cey was  his  youngest  son,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  in  1661, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale.  His  son  Charles  was 
born  in  Stratford  September  3,  1668,  and  graduated  at 
Harvard  in  1686.  There  is  evidence  of  his  being  here  as 
early  as  1687 ;  there  is  a  receipt  signed  by  him  dating 
from  1688;  I  incline  to  the  belief  that  he  came  here  not 
very  long  after  his  college  graduation  to  teach  ;  that 
while  employed  as  teacher  he  began  to  hold  informal 
religious  meetings,  and  that  very  gradually  this  kind  of 
labor  developed  into  the  relation  of  a  minister  which  he 
afterwards  sustained.  The  earliest  approach  to  a  formal 
organization  seems  to  have  been  in  the  formation  of  the 
Fairfield  Village  Society  in  1693,  when  we  find  a  vote  that 
"  Mr.  Chauncey  for  his  encouragement  in  the  ministry  in 
this  place  shall  have  sixty  pounds  in  good  provisions  for 
the  year  ensuing."  This  action  of  course  implies  that  his 
ministry  had  become  a  recognized  fact.  The  household- 
ers here  had,  some  three  years  before  the  last  named  date, 
begun  the  movement  which  culminated  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  this  church.  A  petition  dated  May  2,  1690,  and 
signed  by  forty-six  taxpayers — thirteen  of  Stratford  and 
thirty-three  of  Fairfield — was  sent  to  the  General  Court, 
asking  that  they  be  exempted  from  paying  any  minister's 
rates  in  Stratford  and  Fairfield,  with  a  view  to  their  pro- 
viding for  themselves.  Although  the  Fairfield  minister 
approved  the  project,  his  townsmen  generally  did  not  ; 
the  representatives  of  Fairfield  opposed  it  and  the  peti- 
tion   was    refused.      In    May    1691    the    application    was 

*  Reached  Plymouth  in  1638. 


CONJECTURAL  APPEARANCE  OF   FIRST  EDIFICE. 


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renewed  and  the  General  Court  granted  liberty  to  the 
applicants  to  procure  and  settle  a  minister  of  their  own, 
provided  that  such  as  belonged  to  Fairfield  should  still 
pay  their  rates  in  that  town.  In  October  of  the  same 
year  they  were  released  from  this  provision  ;  in  Decem- 
ber 1692  the  town  of  Stratford  voted  land  for  a  meeting- 
house ;  in  1693,  as  we  have  seen,  a  Society  was  organized 
and  the  foundation  of  the  first  edifice  was  commenced  ;  in 
May  1694  the  General  Court  gave  permission  to  organize 
a  church  ;  in  June  1695  the  humble  edifice  was  completed, 
and  on  the  thirteenth  it  was  first  occupied  and  the  church 
was  duly  organized.  Slow  and  tedious  must  this  long 
process  have  seemed,  and  persistent  must  have  been  the 
sturdy  promoters  of  it.  As  it  was  the  first  instance  in 
which  a  parish  had  been  erected  independent  of  town 
lines,  still  further  legislation  proved  to  be  necessary  ;  but 
at  length  its  liberties  were  satisfactorily  settled  and  its 
name  fixed  as  Stratfield. 

The  first  edifice  stood  in  what  we  call  Park  Avenue,  on 
what  became  known  as  Meeting-house  hill.  The  site  was 
acquired  half  from  Stratford,  half  from  Fairfield,  and  the 
building  stood  on  the  division-line.  It  was  probably  a 
humble  one — nobody  knows  how  it  looked.  But  doubt- 
less it  was  dear  to  those  who  built  it,  and  the  day  we 
celebrate  was  a  joyful  one — the  crowning  of  a  difficult 
and  patient  struggle  and  the  beginning  of  an  honorable 
history. 

The  community  was  composed  mainly  of  farmers  and 
laborers.  They  built  their  own  houses ;  no  doubt  they 
built  their  meeting-house.  In  the  older  parts  of  New 
England  shingles  superseded  thatching  about  1691  ; 
whether  they  were  available  in  the  far  western  frontier, 
i.  e.,  in  this  locality — is  perhaps  questionable.  We  shall 
naturally  think  of  the  earliest  gatherings  for  worship  as 
composed  of  plain  people,  living  in  plain  homes,  but  they 
were  resolute  and  vigorous  men,  who  coveted  for  them- 
selves and  their  families  the  best  they  could  attain,  and 
when  the  initial  difficulties  of  clearing  the  lands  and 
subduing   the   soil  were   overcome,   doubtless   improve- 


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ments  in  the  homes  the)^  had  reared  were  effected  as 
soon  as  they  were  practicable.  Framed  houses  succeeded 
to  log-cabins,  and  two-story  structures  furnished  accom- 
modations for  the  households  with  which  the  log-cabins 
had  been  crowded.  What  we  call  North  Avenue  was 
laid  out  in  1687,  and  Park  Avenue  somewhat  later,  and 
upon  these  for  the  most  part  lay  the  dwellings  of  Strat- 
field  two  hundred  years  ago. 

I  have  said  forty-six  householders  signed  the  petition 
in  1690  for  the  erection  of  the  new  parish.  The  list 
probably  included  all  that  were  here.  The  first  members 
of  the  church  were  nine — their  wives,  and  some  other 
women  to  the  number  of  fifteen  in  all,  joining  shortl}^ 
after  its  organization  b}'  letter.  Mr.  Chauncey  had  al- 
ready become  entirely  identified  with  the  enterprise  and 
became  pastor  of  course.  Three  years  previously  (June 
29,  1692)  he  had  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Major  John 
Burr  of  Fairfield,  and  granddaughter  of  Mr.  Jehu  Burr, 
who  came  from  England  and  died  in  Fairfield  in  1670. 
Sarah  Burr  was  born  July  25,  1675,  and  hence  was  less 
than  seventeen  on  her  wedding-day.  On  a  corner  ot 
Major  Burr's  farm,  in  what  was  afterwards  known  as 
Cooke's  Lane,  a  house  was  built  for  them,  and  here  the 
young  pair  commenced  their  married  life.  It  was  to  end 
too  soon.  She  died  in  her  twenty-second  year,  leaving 
two  sons.  But  she  was  here  two  hundred  years  ago. 
It  is  my  conviction  that  Mr.  Chauncey 's  character  and 
abilities  commanded  high  respect,  and  that  his  personal 
influence  was  a  large  factor  in  the  making  of  this  church. 
He  had  the  advantage  of  as  good  an  education  as  New 
England  afforded,  and  both  his  father  and  his  grandfather 
were  scholars  of  unusual  attainments.  His  ministry  here 
was  for  its  time  most  successful.  He  received  to  full 
communion  ninety-seven,  and  under  the  Half-way  Cove- 
nant one  hundred  and  thirty-three.  He  exercised  an 
influence  beyond  his  parish.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Synod  which  framed  the  Saybrook  Platform,  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Fairfield  Consociation.  His  views 
of  church  polity  had  a  decided  bent  toward  Presbyterian- 


—2  5  — 

ism,  and  his  general  attitude  was  conservative.  He  died 
in  his  forty-seventh  year  (December  31,  1714),  too  young- 
to  have  reached  the  full  measure  of  his  usefulness  or  his 
influence  in  the  Colony,  but  having  already  wrought  a 
work  for  which  we  honor  his  memory,  and  to  which  this 
community  was  deeply  indebted.  It  should  not  be  for- 
gotten in  this  connection  that  Commodore  Isaac  Chaun- 
cey  of  the  United  States  Navy  was  his  great-grandson, 
whose  distinguished  services  in  the  war  of  1812-15  added 
lustre  to  his  honored  name.  Mr.  Chauncey  married  the 
second  time,  March  16,  1698,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Henry 
Wolcott,  by  whom  he  had  three  children.  She  died 
January  5,  1703.  March  14,  1710,  he  married  again,  this 
time  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Sherwood,  who  sur- 
vived him.  He  had  property  in  Stratford  and  in  Eng- 
land, and  left  an  estate  valued  at  ;^743. 

The  first  deacon  of  the  church  was  David  Sherman,  the 
son  of  Mr.  Samuel  Sherman,  who  came  here  about  1685 
and  died  here  in  1700.  Deacon  David  was  thirty  years 
old  at  the  time  we  celebrate,  a  farmer,  and  lived  at  the 
summit  of  Toilsome  Hill.  Well-authenticated  tradition 
reports  him  a  man  of  good  abilities  and  very  much 
esteemed.  He  was  specially  gifted  in  prayer,  and  in 
the  minister's  absence  took  his  place  acceptably.  He 
served  the  church  for  fifty-eight  years,  dying  January  i, 
1753.  Mr.  Elijah  Burritt,  who  died  at  an  advanced  age, 
within  the  memory  of  some  who  are  here,  remembered 
him  distinctly.  Although  he  had  no  son,  he  had  through 
his  daughters  many  descendants,  among  others  the  pres- 
ent senior  deacon  of  this  church.  This  is  a  felicitous 
circumstance  of  our  celebration. 

Of  the  other  members  of  the  church,  one,  Matthew 
Sherman,  was  a  brother  of  the  deacon  ;  two — each  named 
Richard  Hubbell — were  father  and  son.  Richard,  Senior, 
was  an  immigrant  from  Wales,  was  made  freeman  in  New 
Haven  March  7,  1647,  and  married  there,  in  1650,  Eliza- 
beth Meigs.  After  residing  there  for  some  years,  and  for 
some  time  at  Guilford,  he  came  here  in  1670.  He  died 
October  23,   1699.     His  son   Richard  was  born  in   New 


—26— 

Haven  in  1654.  The  family  homestead  was  on  what  we 
call  Clinton  Avenue.  Samuel  Gregory  has  been  men- 
tioned as  one  of  the  first  settlers  here  ;  he  came  here  from 
Stratford.  James  Bennet  and  Isaac  Wheeler  were  sons 
of  settlers  in  Fairfield,  the  latter  a  large  landholder. 
Samuel  Beardsley  was  the  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Beardsley,  who  came  from  Stratford-on-Avon,  in  Eng- 
land, in  1635,  and  he  was  born  in  1638,  the  year  in  which 
his  father  settled  in  Stratford.  He  acquired  land  here 
near  the  site  of  the  present  jail,  about  1670,  and  he,  too, 
became  a  large  landholder.  The  other  was  John  Odell, 
Jr.,  from  Fairfield.  The  well-known  names  of  Sherwood, 
Wells,  and  Wakeley  appear  among  the  female  members, 
and  not  long  after  came  Thomas  Hawley,  the  second 
deacon,  and  the  head  of  a  numerous  line  ;  and  probably 
in  1698  Jacob  Sterling,  another  of  the  fathers  of  this  town. 
Among  the  promoters  of  the  organization  who  did  not 
become  communicants,  we  recognize  the  familiar  names 
of  Knapp,  Bishop,  Burr,  Morehouse,  Hall,  Seeley,  Jack- 
son, and  Somers. 

Thus  we  have  seen  the  infant  community  gather,  supply 
itself  with  homes,  school,  minister,  and  church.  Evidence 
is  abundant  that  before  twenty  years  from  the  day  we 
commemorate  had  passed  it  had  attained  no  inconsidera- 
ble proportions,  and  comprised  within  it  substantial  citi- 
zens and  comfortable  households.  But,  as  has  been  men- 
tioned, Mr.  Chauncey  was  gone,  and  one  of  the  pressing 
needs  of  the  year  171 5  was  the  procuring  of  a  new  minis- 
ter. There  was  another — the  need  of  a  larger  church  edi- 
fice.    Both  these  needs  were  faced  with  a  good  courage. 

The  choice  of  a  pastor  fell  upon  Mr.  Samuel  Cooke. 
He  was  born  in  Guilford,  Nov.  22,  1687 — the  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Mason)  Cooke.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1705.  He  probably  commenced  the  study  of 
Divinity  at  once,  but  in  January,  1707,  became  Rector  of 
the  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  and  held  that  position  for 
nine  years.  He  found  it  practicable  to  combine  with  his 
duties  in  it,  however,  occasional  preaching,  and  three 
years  service  as  Deputy  from  New  Haven  to  the  General 


THE  SECOND  EDIFICE. 


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Court.  In  his  second  session  he  became  clerk  of  the 
House.  This  dignity  he  still  enjoyed  at  the  May  session 
of  171 5.  In  the  following  month — June  i6th — he  was 
called  hither.  The  First  Church  in  New  Haven  was 
vacant  at  the  same  time,  and  Mr.  Cooke  became  a  candi- 
date for  that  pastorate.  Another  was  preferred,  however, 
and  then  he  accepted  this  call  to  Stratfield,  July  11.  He 
began  his  ministr}^  here  at  once,  but  also  fulfilled  the 
duties  of  his  rectorship  at  New  Haven  until  the  end  of 
the  year.  He  was  ordained  here  Feb.  14,  1716.  His  home 
was  nearly  opposite  that  of  his  predecessor  in  the  lane 
long  known  by  his  name.  He  brought  here  his  wife,  and 
four  children.  Mrs.  Cooke  was  Anne,  the  only  daughter 
of  John  Trowbridge  of  New  Haven,  and  granddaughter 
of  Governor  Leete.  She  was  born  July  22,  1688.  The 
date  of  the  marriage  was  November  30,  1708. 

About  two  months  before  Mr.  Cooke's  ordination, 
Richard  Hubbell,  Thomas  Hawley  and  James  Seeley  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  consult  with  carpenters  about 
the  enlargement  of  the  meeting-house.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  a  movement  which  ended  in  the  building  of  a 
new  edifice  farther  north,  i.  e.,  on  the  north-west  corner  of 
Park  and  North  Avenues.  This  was  erected  in  1717,  and 
here  the  church  worshipped  for  upwards  of  ninety  years. 
It  was  at  a  later  date  enlarged,  and  a  steeple  built,  and  a 
fair  representation  of  it  is  preserved.  It  stood  until  1835. 
In  the  erection  of  this  church  we  find  there  were  grants  of 
permission  to  make  pews;  there  was  a  seating  committee 
appointed,  to  seat  the  worshippers  "by  dignity,  age  and 
estate."  There  was  a  "  men's  side,"  and  a  "  women's 
side,"  and  a  gallery.  These  facts  are  suggestive,  in  their 
way,  of  the  development  of  the  social  life  of  the  commu- 
nity. 

Mr.  Cooke's  personal  influence  undoubtedly  operated 
in  favor  of  the  increase  of  ceremony  and  formality.  He 
seems  to  have  been  the  first  to  ask  permission  to  build  a 
family  pew.  He  was  a  man  whose  personal  dignity  was 
long  remembered  in  the  parish.  He  was  punctilious  in  his 
ministerial  dress — comprising  a  heavy  curled  wig,  black 


—28— 

coat  and  small  clothes,  shoes  with  silver  buckles,  and 
over  all  a  black  gown  or  cloak.  He  was  held  in  the  high- 
est respect — somewhat  in  fear.  He  was  a  man  of  resolu- 
tion, often  impetuous;  had  strong  friends,  and  determined 
opponents.  His  home  was  thrice  desolated.  He  com- 
plains of  man}'^  sorrows  and  afflictions,  in  a  note  in  the 
church-record.  He  had  difficulty  in  his  later  days  in 
getting  his  dues.  His  estate  sued  the  parish  for  ^^3000 
arrears.  He  alienated  a  number  of  the  principal  support- 
ers of  the  church  to  such  a  degree  that  they  became  the 
promoters  of  the  movement  which  resulted  in  the  organi- 
zation of  an  Episcopal  church.  These  facts  do  not  make 
a  pleasant  impression.  He  was  a  Fellow  of  the  Corpora- 
tion of  Yale  College  from  1732  to  1746,  when  he  resigned 
to  avoid  being  excluded.  This  again  does  not  sound  well. 
But  to  understand  these  things  one  must  appreciate  the 
times  in  which  he  lived,  and  get  below  the  surface  of  the 
narrative.  Mr.  Cooke  entered  deeply  into  the  controver- 
sies and  the  conflicts  of  an  exciting  period.  It  would  have 
been  strange  indeed  had  he  come  out  of  them  unscathed. 
The  Saybrook  Synod  of  1708,  comprising  the  leading  min- 
isters, and  backed  by  the  General  Court,  made  an  honest 
endeavor  to  remedy  evils  in  the  condition  of  the  Colony 
which  were  recognized.  The  state  of  religion  in  the 
churches  was  unsatisfactory.  Morality  was  at  a  low  ebb. 
The  signs  of  the  time  were  ominous.  These  excellent 
men  aimed  to  establish  an  ecclesiastical  constitution  under 
which  the  churches  could  be  more  effectually  governed. 
The}^  sought  to  enforce  discipline  and  to  repress  disorders. 
But  the  churches  did  not  take  kindly  to  the  system,  and 
viewed  the  attempts  to  put  it  in  operation  with  jealousy. 
Only  as  it  was  in  practice  construed  more  liberally  than 
its  promoters  had  intended,  did  the  churches  finally 
acquiesce  in  it.  Dr.  Bacon  says  of  it  that  for  a  half-cen- 
tury it  made  more  difficulties  than  it  healed.  In  the  fric- 
tion between  the  party  of  order  and  the  party  of  liberty, 
I  imagine  the  sympathies  of  Mr.  Cooke  were  with  the  lat- 
ter. They  certainly  were  in  a  celebrated  case.  Whether 
the  controversy  on  church-psalmody,  which  nearly  rent 


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asunder  some  churches  in  this  period,  disturbed  this  one, 
I  find  no  information.  It  may  have  done  so.  The  issue 
was  between  singing  by  ear  and  singing  by  note.  The 
latter  innovation  found  it  hard  to  make  its  way.  Then, 
also,  arose  the  excitements  attending  the  Great  Awaken- 
ing— the  Revivals  of  1735  and  1740  and  onward.  It  is  dif- 
ficult for  us  to  get  at  the  real  merits  of  the  conflicts  of 
this  time.  When  we  hear  of  the  blessed  results  of  these 
works  of  grace,  we  are  apt  to  wonder  what  arrayed 
.against  the  promoters  of  them  the  great  majority  of  the 
leading  pastors.  When  we  read  how  bitterly  from  the 
outset  these  pastors  were  assailed  and  reviled  by  itinerant 
ministers  and  lay  exhorters,  and  what  disorders  and  scan- 
dals often  attended  the  Revival  meetings,  we  wonder  how 
there  could  have  been  any  good  in  them.  When  we  read 
the  lamentations  in  President  Edwards'  letters  written  in 
1750,  and  later,  over  the  contentions,  the  confusions,  the 
separations,  the  apostacies,  the  prevailing  declensions  and 
abounding  iniquity  of  "the  unhappy  time"  which  fol- 
lowed the  Revivals,  we  cannot  but  recognize  that  even 
their  most  zealous  promoters  had  occasion  for  searchings 
of  heart  concerning  them.  I  have  no  call  to  speak 
minutely  of  these  difficulties  here,  beyond  their  relation 
to  Mr.  Cooke.  He  was  heart  and  soul  with  the  New 
Light  men;  lent  all  his  influence  to  promote  the  Revival 
measures,  and  by  his  ability,  activity  and  zeal  provoked 
the  antagonism  from  which  he  suffered.  His  own  preach- 
ing was  fervid  and  pungent.  How  far  the  church  increased 
under  his  ministry  cannot  be  told  with  accuracy  from  his 
carelessness  in  keeping  the  records,  for  which  he  himself 
apologizes.  He  died  December  2,  1747.  He  was  four  times 
married.  His  first  wife  died  August  11,  1721.  Hissecond 
wife  was  Esther,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Ann  Burr, 
and  widow  of  John  Sloss  of  Fairfield.  This  wedding  was 
May  3,  1722;  and  certain  probate  proceedings  show  she 
died  previous  to  May  i,  1723.  He  married,  third,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Joseph  Piatt  of  Norwalk,  who  died  May 
16,  1732,  in  her  31st  year.  His  fourth  wife  was  Abigail, 
eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Russell  of  Branford,  and 


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widow  of  Rev.  Joseph  Moss  of  Derby.  This  marriage 
took  place  August  6,  1733,  and  she  survived  him.  He 
left  four  sons  and  two  daughters,  and  is  honorably  repre- 
sented by  their  descendants  to-day. 

Nearly  two  years  passed  before  the  vacant  pastorate 
was  filled.  Then  came  a  man  best  known  through  his 
services  in  quite  another  field.  Mr.  Lyman  Hall  was  born 
in  Wallingford,  April  12,  1724,  and  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1747.  He  studied  theology  with  an  uncle  in  Cheshire, 
and  was  ordained  here  September  27,  1749.  His  pas- 
torate was  short.  It  ended,  not  altogether  happily,  June 
18,  1751.  His  views  were  not  acceptable  to  the  more 
ardent  friends  of  Mr.  Cooke,  and  the  antagonism  to  him 
which  was  developed  during  his  stay  led  to  the  forming, 
shortly  after  his  dismission,  of  the  Stratfield  Baptist 
Society.  So  far  as  I  know,  this  was  the  most  abiding 
result  of  his  ministry.  He  married  the  following  spring, 
[May  20,  1752]  Miss  Abigail,  daughter  of  Thaddeus  and 
Abigail  [Sturgis]  Burr.  She  died  July  8,  1753,  in  her 
25th  year.  He  turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  medi- 
cine, was  in  Fairfield  as  late  as  1757,  but  eventually 
removed  to  Georgia.  Early  in  1775  he  took  a  seat  in  the 
Continental  Congress  from  that  Colony.  He  was  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  after- 
wards the  first  Governor  of  the  State  of  Georgia.  He 
died  October  19,  1790,  leaving  a  widow  but  no  children. 
He  is  buried  in  Wallingford,  and  a  monument  commemo- 
rates him  there. 

The  date  of  his  dismission,  above  mentioned,  takes  us 
just  past  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century.  The  com- 
munity had  then,  I  judge,  not  far  from  a  thousand  inhabi- 
tants. It  was  a  fair  representative  of  the  typical  New 
England  democracies — more  self-complete  than  anything 
else  the  world  knew — each  with  its  elected  magistrates, 
its  school,  its  church,  its  minister  of  its  own  choosing,  its 
annual  town  meeting  ;  its  cherished  traditions  of  char- 
tered rights  and  liberties.  Connecticut  had  many  such — 
had  in  all  upward  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  peo- 
ple.    Here,  as   elsewhere,  there  were  substantial  men — 


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capable  in  business,  in  industry,  in  all  manner  of  affairs. 
In  spite  of  troubles  with  currency — with  too  much  paper 
and  too  little  coin — there  was  no  little  wealth  and  com- 
fort. And  there  was  a  growing  restlessness  under  the 
limitations  imposed  upon  the  development  of  these  Col- 
onies in  the  interest  of  the  mother-country.*  The  age  of 
Colonial  dependence  was  drawing  to  its  close.  Men  were 
already  born  who  would  see  the  war  of  independence, 
and  the  American  Union. 

After  another  interval  of  more  than  two  years,  a  new 
pastor  was  elected.  It  indicates  how  generall}'  the  church 
had  failed  to  sympathize  with  the  views  of  Mr.  Cooke 
that  again  they  chose  a  man  of  the  more  conservative 
sort,  but  this  time  also  a  man  of  mark.  Rev.  Robert 
Ross  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  brought  to  this  country  in 
his  infancy .f  He  was  born  in  1726.  He  graduated  at 
Princeton  College  in  175 1.  It  is  said  upon  his  monument 
that  he  was  subsequently  a  tutor  there,  but  this  the  Prince- 
ton Triennial  does  not  confirm.:}:  He  was  ordained  here 
November  28,  1753,  and  spent  here  the  rest  of  his  days. 
About  three  weeks  after  his  ordination  [December  18, 
1753]  he  married  Mrs.  Sarah,  widow  of  Samuel  Hawley. 
She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Capt.  John  Edwards,  an  early 
settler  here.  Mr.  Ross's  home  was  on  North  Avenue, 
where  Laurel  Avenue  now  intersects  it.  The  house  was 
taken  down  within  my  memory. 

He  was  definitely  remembered  far  into  the  present  cen- 
tury for  his  personal  appearance,  his  personal  qualities, 
and  his  force  of  character.  In  person  he  was  fully  six 
feet  tall,  and  well  proportioned.  His  presence  was  impos- 
ing, and  his  ruffled  shirt,  wig  and  cocked  hat,  his  black 
suit,  knee-breeches  and  white-topped  boots,  seemed  to  be 
peculiarly  in  keeping  with  it.     But  his  ardent  nature,  his 

*  Ban.  III.,  464. 

f  A  letter  to  me  from  a  venerable  lady,  the  great-granddaughter  of  Parson 
Ross,  received  after  this  discourse  had  been  delivered,  confirms  what  is  said 
above,  but  adds  the  statement  that  the  parents  were  originally  Scotch,  that 
the  mother  died  previous  to  the  father's  immigration,  and  that  the  latter  event 
was  in  the  boy's  third  year. — C.  R.  P. 

I  He  had  an  Honorary  M.  A.  from  Yale  in  1754. 


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decisiveness,  his  strong  and  plain  speaking,  his  impatience 
of  contradiction,  made  him  a  man  to  be  reckoned  with, 
and  he  was  among  the  foremost  in  all  local  affairs.  He 
was  a  classical  scholar,  he  was  interested  in  education,  and 
compiled  text-books  for  schools.  He  was  a  stalwart  Cal- 
vinist,  and  accounted  a  sound  theologian  ;  he  was  natur- 
ally a  champion  of  the  Standing  Order,  and  a  resolute 
antagonist  to  the  various  Separatists  of  his  day.  A  work 
of  his  is  extant  in  which  he  deals  with  these  in  a  style  far 
more  noteworthy  for  its  vigor  than  for  its  fulness  of 
charity.  In  a  word,  we  recognize  in  the  man  a  good  deal 
of  the  heat  and  combativeness  of  the  Celtic  race.  To 
this  in  part  he  owed  the  impulse  from  which  resulted  his 
earnest  devotion  to  the  cause  of  the  colonies.  From  the 
beginning  to  the  end  of  the  great  struggle  he  was  among 
the  warmest  on  the  patriotic  side,  and  proportionally 
obnoxious  to  those  who  through  interest  or  affection  were 
loyal  to  the  British  crown.  He  was  an  early  and  a  per- 
sistent advocate  of  the  rights  of  the  colonists  as  against  the 
harassing  restrictions  upon  their  development  imposed 
by  the  British  government.  He  was  impatient  of  these 
restrictions  and  keenly  alive  to  the  wrong  of  them.  As 
time  went  on,  sermons  and  prayers  revealed  how  absorbed 
he  was  in  the  coming  struggle.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
war  he  preached  on  the  text  "  for  the  divisions  of  Reu- 
ben there  were  great  searchings  of  heart"  in  a  way  long 
remembered.  We  can  readily  imagine  that  such  a  period 
as  his  ministry  covered — including  the  war  which  expelled 
the  French  from  this  continent,  and  the  war  for  indepen- 
dence, while  it  made  heavy  demands  upon  the  heads  and 
the  hearts  of  men  ;  while  it  tested  the  strength  of  their 
convictions,  their  fortitude  and  courage,  their  faith  and 
persistence, — was  not  one  favorable  to  the  development  of 
spiritual  religion,  or  of  religious  institutions.  Well  was 
it  that  there  were  stout-hearted  religious  leaders ;  well 
was  it  that  there  was  prayer  in  the  homes,  in  the  churches, 
in  the  colonial  assemblies  and  in  the  camps ;  for  if  ever 
men  needed  the  support  and  the  inspirations  of  religion, 
they  did  in  that  tremendous  time  ;  but  he  knows  little  of 


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human  nature  who  would  expect  to  hear  that  churches 
throve  and  piety  abounded  when  the  absorbing-  task  of 
every  town  and  colony  was  the  war,  the  desperate,  all- 
but-hopeless  war  for  independence.  Churches  were  scat- 
tered ;  churches  were  impoverished  ;  churches  were  made 
into  barracks,  or  burned  ;  it  was  hardly  a  time  to  see 
them  filled  with  happy  worshippers,  adorned  with  votive 
offerings,  or  multiplied  through  works  of  grace. 

The  history  of  this  church  in  this  period  corresponded 
with  the  general  trend  of  the  time.  Up  to  the  outbreak 
of  the  Revolution,  the  community  was  prosperous,  and 
its  wealth  increased.  I  have  alluded  to  the  renovation  of 
the  meeting-house,  and  the  addition  of  its  steeple.  This 
was  completed  in  1771  ;  and  in  1774  the  Society  voted  to 
have  a  bell.  In  the  years  succeeding  this  community  was 
not  wanting  in  the  spirit  of  '^6.  In  the  autumn  of  1775, 
we  hear  of  the  parading,  at  an  early  morning  hour,  of  a 
company  of  soldiers  in  Mr.  Ross'  front  yard,  which,  after 
his  fervent  prayer  in  their  behalf,  marched  to  join  in  the 
invasion  of  Canada.  In  1776  the  Stratfield  company  was 
engaged  in  the  defense  of  New  York.  There  is  no  doubt 
this  v/as  but  the  beginning  of  Stratfield's  contributions  to 
the  long  and  heroic  struggle ;  but  as  it  went  on,  and  the 
heavy  burdens  of  it  increased,  the  prosperity  in  which 
the  community  had  rejoiced  and  felt  strong,  gave  place 
to  adversity  which  tasked  its  courage  and  endurance  to 
the  utmost.  When  we  read  deeply  into  the  records  of 
this  time,  and  become  acquainted  with  the  long  train  of 
evils  which  accompanied  and  followed  upon  the  war,  we 
wonder  that  anything  survived  the  stress  and  the  misery 
of  days  so  unfavorable  to  every  interest  of  society.  The 
last  ten  or  twenty  years  of  Mr.  Ross'  ministry  were  for 
many  reasons  times  of  hardship.  The  diseases,  the  vices, 
the  sufferings,  the  losses,  the  universal  insolvency,  the 
impoverishment,  the  social  disorders,  which  came  with 
the  war,  or  were  entailed  by  it,  gave  reason  for  the  say- 
ing of  a  recent  historian  that  with  the  end  of  the  war  the 
worst  troubles  of  the  colonists  commenced.  The  diffi- 
culties, the  depressions,  the  straits  of  the  church  must 
3 


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have  tasked  even  so  ardent  and  zealous  a  man  as  Mr.  Ross. 
He  had  his  domestic  sorrows  also.  His  first-born  son, 
when  a  child,  was  drowned  in  his  father's  well.  Mrs. 
Ross  died  October  lo,  1772.  She  left  a  daughter,  also 
Sarah,  who  has  descendants  now  living.  Mr.  Ross  mar- 
ried, second,  Eulilia,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth 
(Williams)  Bartram,  of  Fairfield.  She  was  born  June  24, 
1737.  She  made  herself  greatly  beloved,  and  died,  much 
lamented,  December  5,  1785,  after  several  months'  illness. 
Mr.  Ross  married  again,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jona- 
than Merrick,  of  North  Branford.  She  survived  him 
about  twenty-four  hours.  He  resigned  his  charge  April 
30,  1796,  and  died  August  29,  1799.  He  is  described  on 
his  monument  as  "  a  person  who  long  sustained  a  high 
character  for  Christian  literature,  and  general  knowledge. 
In  his  principles  orthodox  ;  in  his  preaching,  practical 
and  judicious.  He  advocated  the  truths  of  the  Gospel 
by  doctrine  and  example,  and  was  therefore  a  pious  guide 
and  instructor."  I  must  confess  to  not  a  little  tenderness 
toward  the  memory  of  "Parson  Ross,"  who  for  more 
than  forty -two  years,  against  many  discouragements,  held 
up  the  standard  here,  and  left  behind  him  so  honorable  a 
reputation. 

It  is  part  of  the  ecclesiastical  history  of  the  latter  part 
of  his  ministry  that  in  it  began  what  is  now  the  First 
Methodist  Church  of  our  city.  The  first  preacher  of 
Methodism  to  come  here  was  the  Rev.  William  Black,  in 
1784.  He  preached  several  times  in  the  Congregational 
Church,  and  was  heard  with  favor,  but  at  length  offended 
Mr.  Ross'  Calvinistic  convictions,  and,  as  the  story  goes, 
was  by  him  somewhat  vehemently  denounced.  From 
this  time,  however,  there  seem  to  have  been  those  who 
were  favorable  to  his  doctrine,  and  who  were  accustomed 
to  gather  in  private  houses.  On  September  26,  1789, 
the  first  Methodist  society  in  New  England  was  organized 
by  Rev.  Jesse  Lee,  in  a  house  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Toilsome  Hill  road.  It  was  a  class  consisting  of  three 
good  women,  and  this  proved  the  nucleus  of  the  church 
we  have  since  known  so  well.     1  do  not  suppose  Parson 


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Ross  approved  this  new  conventicle  in  his  parish,  but 
that  has  not  prevented  our  living  on  the  best  of  terms 
with  our  Methodist  brethren,  and  rejoicing  in  their  pros- 
perity. The  seedling  he  would  have  suppressed  became 
a  tree  of  great  fruitfulness. 

A  single  incident  of  the  church  life  during  Mr.  Ross's 
ministry,  although  often  described,  was  too  remarkable 
and  too  tragic  to  be  passed  over  here.  On  the  28th  July, 
1771,  the  congregation  assembled  for  worship  at  the  usual 
morning  hour.  A  storm  was  gathering,  but  the  service 
proceeded.  The  storm  proved  to  be  one  of  appalling 
severity.  The  church  grew  dark,  until  the  form  of  the 
minister  was  hardly  visible,  as  he  stood  in  the  exercise 
of  prayer.  Suddenly  a  dazzling  flash  of  lightning  filled 
the  house,  made  more  terrific  by  the  crash  of  thunder 
which  followed  instantaneously.  The  voice  of  the  minis- 
ter broke  the  awful  stillness  which  ensued,  with  the  ques- 
tion, '' Are  we  all  here  f  It  was  found  that  two  of  the 
best  men  of  the  community,  David  Sherman  and  Captain 
John  Burr,  who  had  come  to  church  in  the  fulness  of 
vigorous  life,  had  been  struck  dead,  and  several  others 
had  been  injured.  The  impression  made  by  this  painful 
occurrence  was  profound  and  lasting. 

The  mention  of  these  excellent  men  reminds  me  that 
there  were  many  noteworthy  laymen  in  the  first  century 
of  this  church's  existence,  whom,  did  time  permit,  it  would 
be  interesting  to  commemorate.  Richard  Hubbell,  the 
third  of  the  name,  was  born  in  the  year  1695.  He  lived 
until  1788,  and  at  his  death  had  been  deacon  for  fifty 
years.  His  house  is  still  standing,  although  it  has  been 
moved.  John  Cooke,  the  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Cooke, 
born  in  171 5,  lived  until  the  end  of  1813.  Lieut.  Benjamin 
Fayerweather,  born  in  1717,  lived  until  1791,  and  was  a 
substantial  citizen.  Capt.  Stephen  Burroughs,  born  in 
1730,  lived  to  1 818,  and  was  a  man  of  distinguished  attain- 
ments in  mathematics  and  other  sciences.  He  is  said  to 
have  been  the  inventor  of  Federal  money.  He  was  an 
ardent  patriot,  and  raised  and  commanded  a  company 
called  the  "  Householders,"   of  those  exempt  from  mill- 


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tary  service.  Capt.  William  Wordin,  born  in  1733,  lived 
until  1808.  He  was  another  ardent  patriot,  and  in  his 
turn  commanded  the  "  Householders."  He  was  a  tall, 
spare,  indefatigable  man,  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the 
parish  affairs.  Capt.  Abijah  Sterling,  born  1745,  lived 
until  1802,  and  left  the  impression  of  a  strong  personality. 
He  was  described  as  "one  of  Nature's  noblemen."  He 
was  captain  in  the  militia,  and  a  justice  of  the  peace;  a 
man  of  great  sagacity,  acuteness,  and  strong  moral  sense. 
He  was  the  umpire  in  all  disputes,  the  general  pacificator. 
Dea.  Abel  Seelye  (1725-1810),  and  Dea.  Seth  Seelye  (1738- 
1817)  also  deserve  mention,  and  others  as  well.  These 
v^ere  men  who,  in  the  times  that  tried  men's  souls,  stood 
the  fiery  test  and  lived  to  tell  the  story.  Nearly  all  of 
them  lived  to  see  the  slow  process  of  the  recuperation  of 
the  community  and  of  the  church,  and  to  see  the  great 
change  which  the  former  underwent.  After  the  Revolu- 
tion, the  trade  and  commerce  which  the  mother  country 
had  done  her  utmost  to  prevent,  began  to  be  of  import- 
ance. The  little  collection  of  houses  and  stores  which 
had  acquired  the  name  of  Newfield,  to  the  eastward,  and 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  intersection  of  Main  and  State 
streets,  gradually  increased  and  became  in  due  time  the 
nucleus  of  the  future  town  of  Bridgeport,  in  which  the 
individuality  of  the  rural  parish  of  Stratfield  was  even- 
tually lost.  It  is  an  indication  of  the  progress  of  this 
change  that  the  home  of  the  next  minister  was  not  on 
North  Avenue  but  where  is  now  644  Main  street. 

This  was  the  Rev.  Samuel  Blatchford.  He  was  the 
eldest  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Heath)  Blatchford,  and 
born  in  Devonport,  Devonshire,  England,  in  the  year 
1767,  and  grew  up  there.  The  fate  of  prisoners  of  war  in 
British  hands  during  the  Revolution  was  as  a  rule  very 
hard.  They  were  often  herded  in  prison  ships  and 
treated  with  great  inhumanity.  Vast  numbers  of  them 
perished.  Those  who  were  taken  to  England  fared  little 
better  at  the  hands  of  officials,  but  sometimes  experienced 
kindness  from  English  people.  Not  very  far  from  the 
early   home  of  Mr.   Blatchford   was  one  of   the  prisons 


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where  American  prisoners  were  confined,  and  his  parents 
were  interested  in  their  behalf.  When  a  lad  he  was 
employed  in  conveying  to  sufferers  the  means  of  relief. 
The  sympathies  thus  awakened  occasioned  in  him  an 
early  resolution  to  come  to  this  country.  That  resolu- 
tion gave  to  the  United  States  a  useful  citizen  and  the 
founder  of  a  distinguished  family.  But  it  was  not  at  once 
carried  out.  He  was  educated  in  England.  He  was  sent 
to  a  school  at  Willington  in  Somersetshire,  and  thence  to 
Homerton  College  near  London.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  was  employed  as  an  assistant  minister,  and  sub- 
sequently ordained  pastor  atKingsbridge  near  Dartmouth. 
His  ordination  was  in  November,  1789.  He  married, 
March  25,  1788,  Alicia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Windeatt, 
Esq.,  of  Bridgetown-Totwas,  a  woman  admirably  fitted 
to  her  station,  and,  happily,  spared  to  him  to  the  end  of 
his  life.*  In  1791  he  removed  to  Topsham,  near  Exeter, 
and  thence,  in  1795,  executed  his  long-cherished  purpose 
of  emigration.  He  arrived  in  New  York  August  i.  He 
preached  first  in  Bedford,  N.  Y. ;  then  for  a  year  at 
Greenfield  Hill,  succeeding  President  Dwight.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1797,  he  was  invited  to  preach  here  for  six 
months,  v/ith  a  view  to  settlement.  He  accepted  and 
was  installed  November  22  of  the  same  year.  His  salary 
being  inadequate,  he  eked  it  out  by  teaching  an  academy 
for  boys.  I  imagine  he  had  rather  a  hard  time  here,  but 
he  commanded  the  respect  of  the  community.  Unfamiliar 
with  American  life,  scantily  supported,  burdened  with 
care  and  with  work  in  his  double  duties,  he  could  hardly 
do  justice  to  himself.  But  his  labors  were  of  great  ser- 
vice to  the  church,  and  only  too  soon  terminated.  He 
resigned  March  20,  1804,  to  accept  a  call  to  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  in  Lansingburgh,  where  he  continued  until 
his  death,  March  17,  1828.  He  was  honored  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1808  by  Williams  College. 
He  was  an  able,  an  excellent  and,  in  his  later  years,  a 
prominent  man.     As  a  preacher   he   was    instructive    in 

*  She  died  December  2,  1846. 


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matter,  unaffected  and  impressive  in  manner.  He  was 
well  read  in  theology  and  decided  in  his  convictions.  He 
was  social  in  his  disposition,  noted  for  his  hospitality,  and 
generous  in  his  sympathies.  He  retained  his  interest  in 
the  education  of  young  men,  and  was  responsive  to  all 
benevolent  enterprises.  He  was  the  father  of  seventeen 
children,  of  whom  ten  survived  him.  I  need  only  men- 
tion in  this  connection  his  son  John,  who  a  generation 
later  succeeded  him  ;  another  son,  the  Hon.  R.  M.  Blatch- 
ford,  the  friend  and  executor  of  Daniel  Webster,  whose 
splendid  services  to  his  country  as  a  jurist,  a  financier,  a 
commissioner  of  great  trusts,  and  a  representative  abroad, 
are  not  forgotten ;  and  the  late  Hon.  Samuel  Blatchford, 
Associate  Justice  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
the  son  of  the  last-named — to  remind  you  how  rich  was 
the  gift  this  parish  received  in  its  fifth  pastor. 

In  this  seven  years'  pastorate  a  number  were  added  to 
the  church,  and  a  movement  was  successfully  inaugurated 
to  build  a  new  church  edifice.  It  was  time  to  do  this — 
and  time  to  remove  the  center  of  the  church  life  from  the 
old  site  at  the  Four  Corners  into  the  midst  of  the  new  and 
rapidly  increasing  village  by  the  harbor.  But  it  was  not 
altogether  an  easy  thing  to  do.  Those  long  accustomed 
to  worship  in  the  old  church  clung  to  it,  and  very  reluc- 
tantly yielded  to  a  necessity  which  from  our  point  of 
view  seems  obvious  enough.  The  transition  took  place 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Elijah  Waterman.  He  was 
the  great  restorer  and  second  founder  of  this  church,  in 
the  Providence  of  God,  and  he  is  commemorated  here 
opposite  to  Mr.  Chauncey.  He  was  happy  in  his  opportu- 
nity, and  nobly  used  it.  He  was  born  in  Bozrah,  Conn., 
November  28,  1769.*  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1791,  with 
creditable  rank.  He  betook  himself  to  teaching,  intending 
ultimately  to  study  law,  but  changed  his  purpose,  and  in 
1792  became  a  student  with  Dr.  Dwight  at  Greenfield 
Hill,  and  afterward   with  Dr.  Jonathan  Edwards  of  New 

*  He  was  the  son  of  Nehemiah  and  Susannah  (Isham)  Waterman.  The 
father  was  a  magistrate,  and  an  active  patriot  during  the  Revolutionar}'^ 
war. 


THE  THIRD  EDIFICE. 


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Haven.     In   April,    1794,  he  went  to  Windham  to  preach 
as  a  candidate,    and   in  October    following  was  ordained 
there,  and  fulfilled   a    pastorate  of  ten  years.     He   mar- 
ried November    18.    1795,    Lucy,    daughter    of    Shubael 
Abbe  of   Windham.      She    was    born   in  that  town   May 
21,    1778.     She   died   here,  greatly  lamented,   March   17, 
1822,  in    her   44th    year.     In   October,   1823,  he  married 
a  second  time,  Mrs.  Lucy  Talcott,    of    Springfield,    who 
survived  him.     Mr.   Waterman's    ministry    in    Windham 
was   terminated    in    February,    1805.     He    was   installed 
here  January  i,   1806,  and  his  pastorate  ended  only  with 
his  life.     Very  soon  it  was    evident   that   a    new  era  in 
the  history  of   the   church    had   begun.    Locally  it  was 
the    era   of   a  transformation.     The  borough  of    Bridge- 
port was  incorporated   in    1800,    with   two   hundred  and 
fifty  inhabitants,    Its    rapid  growth  gradually  absorbed 
the  life  of  the  more  ancient  settlement.     The  future  town, 
therefore,  was  taking  on  its  proportions  during  this  pas- 
torate.    It    was    incorporated    in    1821.     Parallel    to   this 
development  was  that  of  the  church.     August  6,  1806,  it 
underwent  a  reorganization.      The    Half-way    Covenant 
was  definitely  abandoned.     A  new  confession  of  faith  and 
covenant,  and  a  code  of  standing  rules,  were  adopted.     In 
1807  the  new  church  edifice  was  completed,  built  by  sub- 
scription on  the  site  at  present  occupied.     At  first  it  was 
used  two  Sundays  out  of  three,  but  after  a  short  interval 
exclusively.     In  1814  a  Sunday  School  was  organized  by 
Mr.    Piatt  Benedict,  the  first  in  town.     It   enlisted    the 
pastor's  sympathies  and  was  ultimately  taken   under  the 
care    of    the     church,   a   supervisory    committee     being 
appointed.      In  April,    182 1,   the   church    purchased  the 
land  where  the  chapel  stands,  for  a  conference  room  and 
academy.     A  building   was  erected  to  answer  both   pur- 
poses, and  was  occupied  as  a  conference  room  July  5,  1821. 
The  title  of  academy  had  reference  to  the  fact  that   Mr. 
Waterman    was   deeply  interested    in    the    education    of 
young  men.     He  more  or  less  definitely  projected  a  theo- 
logical school.     He  did  instruct  a  number  of  candidates 
for  the  ministry.     This  local  and  external    development 
was  only  part  of  the  interest  of  this  pastorate.     It  covered 


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a  wonderful  period.  As  many  will  remember,  it  was  the 
time  of  the  Evangelical  Revival,  the  fruitage  of  which 
was  so  extensive,  not  alone  in  Christian  homes  and 
churches,  but  in  the  formation  of  the  great  beneficent 
organizations  such  as  the  American  Board,  the  American 
Bible  Society,  and  others.  It  saw  the  beginnings  of  the 
temperance  reform  in  this  state,  in  the  action  of  the 
General  Association  in  1812.  I  need  only  remind  you, 
moreover,  that  in  the  midst  of  it  came  the  second  war 
with  Great  Britain — a  time  of  peril,  of  hardship,  of 
impoverishment,  in  which  all  foundations  were  shaken, 
but  out  of  which  the  country  emerged  without  serious 
disaster.  Afterward  came  the  great  contest  which  ended 
in  the  disestablishment  of  the  Congregational  churches 
of  Connecticut — the  overthrow  of  the  Standing  Order,  as 
the  phrase  of  the  day  had  it.  This  event,  in  the  time  of  it, 
seemed  to  many  excellent  men  the  triumph  of  the  gates 
of  hell  over  the  Kingdom  ;  but  some  of  them  at  least  lived 
to  perceive  that  it  was  indeed  what  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher 
called  it,  "the  best  thing  that  ever  happened  to  the  Con- 
necticut churches,"  their  emancipation  from  civil  control. 
I  need  only  add  that  Mr.  Waterman's  ministry  covered 
also  the  development  of  the  Unitarian  controversy.  It  is 
to  be  said  to  his  credit  that  in  all  the  excitements  of  this 
eventful  period  he  commended  himself  to  this  church  as 
a  wise  and  trustworthy  leader,  and  an  effective  helper  of 
all  that  was  good.  He  was  a  moderate  Calvinist,  and 
in  the  movements  of  his  time  sympathized  decidedly  with 
the  progressive  side.  But  he  was  a  man  of  good  sense  and 
of  tact.  He  kept  his  hold  of  men  of  different  modes  of 
thinking,  and  antagonized  none  of  them.  As  a  pastor,  he 
was  laborious  and  faithful ;  as  a  preacher,  he  was  effective 
and  acceptable.  His  style  was  perspicuous  ;  his  thinking 
was  vigorous,  and  his  manner  was  animated  and  earnest. 
His  ministry  as  a  whole  was  a  successful  one.  The  cur- 
rent of  the  church  life  flowed  full  and  strong.  Commenc- 
ing with  forty-seven  church  members,  all  told,  he  saw 
rapid  increase  almost  from  the  first.  The  whole  number 
added  in  his  less  than  twenty  years  pastorate  was  about 


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three  hundred  and  sixty.  In  the  autumn  of  1825,  while 
on  a  visit  to  Springfield,  he  was  taken  with  typhus  fever, 
and  died  there  October  11,  in  his  56th  year.  The  church 
sent  a  committee  to  bring  hither  his  remains  for  inter- 
ment, and  thus  ended  his  useful  and  honored  ministry. 
He  built  and  occupied  the  first  house  on  Golden  Hill,  the 
one  next  west  of  the  present  parsonage.  He  was  the 
originator  of  the  first  water-works  in  the  town.  He  was 
a  man  of  medium  stature;  very  well  built,  and  having 
the  appearance  of  great  physical  strength  ;  and  was  a  man 
of  more  than  usual  weight  and  influence.  His  counten- 
ance was  amiable  and  intelligent,  his  movements  quick 
and  natural,  his  habits  active.  He  had  a  high  spirit, 
showed  a  keen  sense  of  favors  or  injuries,  and  was  liable 
to  sudden  flashes  of  temper.  But  he  was  placable,  and 
soon  recovered  his  self-control.  He  left  behind  him  the 
reputation  of  a  good  citizen,  and  an  exemplary  Christian. 
The  church  venerates  his  memory,  and  his  family  is  still 
represented  in  its  membership. 

In  the  settlement  of  a  successor  to  this  excellent  pastor, 
in  the  year  following  his  death,  some  difference  of  views 
seems  to  have  arisen;  while  it  had  no  immediate  results 
that  were  serious,  it  ripened  into  something  quite  positive 
a  few  years  later.  Prominent  before  the  people  as  candi- 
dates were  the  Rev.  Thomas  T.  Waterman  and  the  Rev. 
Franklin  Y.  Vail.  The  former  was  a  son  of  the  late  pas- 
tor, who  since  his  fifth  year  had  grown  up  in  the  parish. 
He  had  graduated  at  Yale  in  1822  and  then  pursued  his 
theological  studies  with  his  father,  and  was  a  young  man 
of  promise.  He  was  a  warm-hearted  and  earnest  preacher, 
and  had  a  useful  ministry.  He  had  strong  friends  here, 
and  his  claims  were  vigorously  pressed.  But  for  some 
reason  the  movement  in  his  favor  did  not  succeed  and 
the  choice  fell  upon  Mr.  Vail.  The  selection,  however, 
seems  to  have  been  determined  less  by  positive  interest 
in  him  than  by  opposition  to  Mr.  Waterman.  He  did  not 
take  a  strong  hold  of  the  church,  nor  did  he  long  retain 
his  position. 


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He  was  born  in  Easlhampton,  Long  Island,  in  1797; 
entered  Yale  but  did  not  graduate  ;  studied  theology  in 
New  York,  and  this  was  his  first  charge.  He  was  ordained 
October  4,  1826,  and  his  brief  pastorate  ended  July  8, 
1828.  He  was  a  man  of  small  stature,  of  slender  person, 
of  amiable  character.  His  home  was  on  Water  street  just 
north  of  Clinton  street,  in  a  house  now  taken  down. 
Neither  his  health  nor  his  tastes  fitted  him  for  the  work 
of  a  pastor,  but  he  subsequently  proved  himself  admira- 
bly adapted  to  work  of  another  kind  in  which  he  was  sin- 
gularly successful.  This  was  the  raising  of  funds  for 
beneficent  purposes,  in  which  he  was  engaged  for  nearly 
forty  years.  He  was  for  many  years  the  General  Agent 
of  the  American  Tract  Society,  which  very  highly  appre- 
ciated his  services.  Later  he  was  the  principal  agent  in 
founding  and  endowing  Lane  Theological  Seminary  and 
the  Ohio  Female  College.  He  died  in  Cincinnati,  June 
23,  1868.  His  wife  was  Catharine  Matilda,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Hawley. 

It  was  more  than  two  years  and  a  half  ere  another  pas- 
tor was  installed  in  the  First  Church,  and  in  that  interval 
events  occurred  which  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the 
Second,  or  South,  Church,  and  hence  my  history  of  the 
undivided  church  draws  to  an  end.  These  events  were 
accompanied  by  a  good  deal  of  feeling  in  the  time  of  them, 
but  from  this  distance  we  can  speak  of  them  dispassion- 
ately. I  said  a  little  while  since  that  the  movement  to  call 
Mr.  T.  T.  Waterman  was  successfully  opposed.  It  was  the 
more  conservative  element  of  the  church  to  whom  he 
failed  to  commend  hitnself,  and  their  experience  in  the 
pastorate  of  Mr.  Vail  had  strengthened  those  of  an  oppo- 
site tendency.  It  was  a  time  of  excitement  in  the  theo- 
logical world.  The  Unitarian  defection  in  Massachusetts 
had  no  counterpart  in  Connecticut,  but  the  fact  of  it 
awakened  an  uneasiness  in  our  churches  which  rendered 
them  abnormally  susceptible  to  fears  of  erroneous  teach- 
ing. Moreover,  the  controversies  were  already  active 
which  resulted  in  a  second  Divinity  School  in  Connecti- 
cut; in  the  disruption  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this 


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country,  and  very  likely  would  have  disrupted  the  body 
of  Congregational  churches  had  there  been  any  such  body 
to  disrupt.  Good  men  honestly  differed  and  honestly  mis- 
trusted the  tendency  of  their  opponents'  opinions.  In  this 
sensitive  condition  of  things  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at 
that  a  decided  difference  of  sentiment  arose  here.  We 
can  speak  of  it  without  implying  that  anybody  was  blame- 
worthy, especially  as  now  nobody  will  claim  there  ever 
has  been  any  real  difference  in  the  theological  position  of 
these  two  churches.  When,  in  the  autumn  of  1828,  the 
minds  of  the  Society  were  directed  to  Mr.  John  Blatch- 
ford,  the  more  conservative  party  in  the  church  were  not 
disposed  to  unite  in  calling  him.  In  January,  1829,  the 
church  proved  to  be  almost  equally  divided  upon  the  ques- 
tion of  calling  him,  and  the  call,  issued  by  a  majority  of  four 
only,  he  very  promptly  declined.  It  proved  impossible 
to  harmonize  the  antagonistic  elements  after  this  disturb- 
ance, and  at  length,  December  28,  1829,  a  division  of  the 
church  was  resolved  upon.  January  24,  1830,  three  deacons, 
thirty-six  other  male  members  and  seventy-eight  female 
members  were  dismissed  at  their  own  request,  to  form  the 
Second  Church,  the  old  church  giving  them  one-half  the 
church  property  and  funds,  and  also  contributing  two 
thousand  dollars  toward  the  erection  of  a  church  edifice. 
The  dissension  between  Paul  and  Barnabas  resulted  in  the 
doubling  of  the  missionary  forces  of  the  early  Christian 
church.  The  division  of  the  First  Church,  however 
regrettable  it  seemed,  no  doubt  was  overruled  to  the 
increase  of  the  forces  of  the  Kingdom  in  this  growing 
community.  The  very  honorable  history  of  the  Second 
Church  bears  witness  that  the  good  men  who  founded  it, 
even  if  they  were  needlessly  alarmed  as  to  the  tendency  of 
the  First  Church,  were  men  whose  faith,  whose  loyalty  to 
their  convictions,  whose  prayers  and  sacrifices  led  them  to 
accomplish  a  good  work  for  Christ  and  His  Gospel,  in 
which  both  churches  have  reason  to  rejoice.  It  is  with 
eminent  fitness,  however,  that  both  have  clasped  hands 
to-day  in  commemorating  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
years'  history  which  is  their  common  inheritance.     The 


—44— 

separate  history  of  this  church  since  1830  I  shall  pursue 
on  another  occasion.* 

In  concluding-  this  review  there  has  come  into  my 
thoughts  a  passage  in  one  of  Dean  Stanley's  Sermons  at 
St.  Andrew's.  It  is  in  the  sermon  on  "  Succession  in 
Spiritual  Life."  It  runs  as  follows  :  "  The  weary  traveler 
in  the  south  of  Spain  who,  after  passing  many  an  arid 
plain  and  many  a  bare  hill,  finds  himself  at  nightfall  under 
the  heights  of  Granada,  will  hear  rushing  and  rippling 
under  the  shade  of  the  spreading  trees,  and  along  the 
side  of  the  dusty  road,  the  grateful  murmur  of  running 
waters,  of  streamlets  whose  sweet  music  mingles  with 
his  dreams  as  he  sleeps,  and  meets  his  ear  as  the  first 
pleasant  voice  in  the  stillness  of  the  early  dawn.  What 
is  it?  It  is  the  sound  of  the  irrigating  rivulets  called  into 
existence  by  the  Moorish  occupants  of  Granada  five  cen- 
turies ago,  which  amidst  all  the  changes  of  race  and 
religion  have  never  ceased  to  flow.  Their  empire  has 
fallen  ;  their  creed  has  been  suppressed  by  fire  and  sword  ; 
their  nation  has  been  driven  from  the  shores  of  Spain; 
their  palaces  crumble  into  ruins;  but  the  trace  of  their 
beneficent  civilization  still  continues,  and  in  this  contin- 
uity that  which  was  good  and  wise  and  generous  in  that 
gifted  but  unhappy  race  still  lives  on,  to  cheer  and  to 
refresh  their  enemies  and  conquerors.  Even  so  it  is  with 
the  good  deeds  of  those  who  have  gone  before  us.  What- 
ever there  has  been  of  grateful  consideration,  of  kindly 
hospitality,  of  far-reaching  generosity,  of  gracious  charity, 
of  high-minded  justice,  of  unselfish  devotion,  of  saintly 
devotion — these  still  feed  the  stream  of  moral  fertiliza- 
tion, which  will  run  on  when  their  place  knows  them  no 
more,  when  even  their  names  have  perished." 

Friends,  it  is  not  necessary  to  claim  that  our  fathers 
and  predecessors  on  this  soil  were  in  all  things  wise,  or 
that  their  religious  leaders  were  faultless  men,  in  order 
to  point  to  them  as  in  many  ways  our  benefactors.  Their 
toils,  their  struggles,  their  sacrifices,  their  prayers,  their 
counsels,  their  faith,  their  patience,  entered  into  the  long 

*See  p.  142. 


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process  through  which  this  community  has  become  what 
it  is,  and  have  had  their  results  in  the  material,  the  moral, 
the  intellectual,  the  spiritual  well-being  which  we  recog- 
nize in  our  heritage  to-day.  "  The  good  men  do  lives  after 
them  ;  the  ill  is  oft  interred  with  their  bones."  Honor 
to  the  men  who  planted  the  school  and  the  church  in  the 
parish  of  Stratfield  !  Instead  of  their  one  church  we  see 
nearly  fifty  ;  instead  of  their  one  school  a  vast  system  ; 
instead  of  their  little  hamlet  this  expanding  city  !  Who 
will  hesitate  to  believe  that  whatever  there  is  in  this 
grand  evolution  which  is  excellent  or  hopeful,  is  in  some 
measure  indebted  to  the  beneficent  influences  by  them 
set  in  motion  two  hundred  years  ago ;  or  that  those 
influences  in  their  effects  are  still  flowing,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  flow  perennially  forever  and  forever  more  ! 

Dr.  Palmer:  Let  us  unite  in  singing,  and  afterwards  I 
beg  you  to  wait  awhile  till  the  photographs  are  taken. 
Let  us  unite  in  singing  the  1312th  hymn — 

"  Oh  God,  beneath  Thy  guiding  hand 
Our  exiled  fathers  crossed  the  sea." 

Let  us  sing  to  the  tune  of  Duke  Street. 

(At  the  conclusion  of  the  singing,  a  view  of  the  northerly 
portion  of  the  church  was  taken  by  the  photographer, 
chemicals  being  ignited  which  produced  an  instantaneous 
illumination.) 

Dr.  Palmer  :  While  they  are  arranging  for  the  other 
picture  I  want  to  say,  having  had  occasion  to  refer  to 
those  churches  that  early  went  out  from  this,  that  this 
evening  we  are  going  to  give  those  churches  an  opportu- 
nity to  talk  back.  Our  friends  who  represent  those 
churches  will  speak  to  us  to-night,  I  am  anticipating,  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  be  pleasing  and  profitable.  Services 
commence  at  a  quarter  to  eight. 

To-morrow,  the  great  day,  the  services  will  commence 
at  10  o'clock.  We  shall  assemble,  as  the  fathers  were 
wont  to  assemble,  by  beat  of  drum.  We  shall  have  a  full 
programme  and  shall  be  addressed  by  gentlemen  who  are 


-46- 

well  qualified  to  interest  us  in  their  commemorative 
addresses.  We  are  especially  happy  in  the  presence  of 
the  Hon.  E.  W.  Blatchford  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  who  has 
come  all  the  way  from  that  city,  in  the  midst  of  his  busy 
life,  that  he  might  speak  of  the  memories  of  his  father  and 
grandfather,  and  join  in  these  festivities. 

Respecting  the  plate  before  us,  I  must  say  that  the  cup 
that  has  been  longest  in  the  possession  of  the  church  was 
a  gift  to  it  in  1713.  The  donor  was  Matthew  Sherwood, 
Jr.  The  other  cup  was  a  bequest  to  it  at  a  later  date, 
but  is  an  older  cup,  having  been  brought  here  by  a 
pioneer  from  England,  Captain  John  Edwards,  before 
1700.  The  tankard  was  a  gift  of  Richard  Hubbell,  and 
bears  date  a  little  later.  They  are  the  oldest  pieces  we 
have.  I  mention  this  because  it  may  interest  some  to  see 
them. 

(The  apparatus  being  arranged,  a  photograph  was  in 
like  manner  taken  of  the  southerly  portion  of  the  church 
and  the  audience  present.) 

Dr.  Palmer:  My  friends,  you  will  be  dismissed  with 
the  benediction.     I  thank  you  for  quietly  remaining. 

"The  love  of  God  the  Father,  the  grace  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  the  communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with 
all  forever.     Amen." 


SERVICES   OF 

WEDNESDAY    EVENING 

Organ  Prelude. 
Anthem,  "  Great  is  the  Lord." 


Prayer, 

By  Rev.  H.  C.  WOODRUFF,  of  Black  Rock. 

We  invoke  Thy  presence  and  benediction,  O  Lord  Our 
Heavenly  Father,  as  we  gather  here  this  evening  in  this  ser- 
vice of  commemoration  of  the  two  hundred  years  of  tlie  life  of 
this  Church.  We  praise  Thy  name  for  all  the  memories  of  the 
hour,  for  the  two  centuries  of  Christian  life  and  labor  whose 
experiences  crowd  upon  our  thoughts,  for  the  work  and  wor- 
ship which  have  transpired  within  these  walls  dedicated  to  Thy 
praise.  And  we  gather  to-night  especially  to  commemorate 
those  who  in  the  course  of  these  years  have  gone  forth  from 
us  to  form  new  church  homes  for  themselves.  May  they  not 
feel  that  they  have  gone  out  from  us  because  they  were  not  of 
us,  but  may  they  rather  realize  that  they  are  but  members  with 
us  of  that  One  family  of  which  God  is  the  Father  and  Christ 
the  elder  Brother.  May  they  realize  that  we  have  a  common 
Master  and  faith  and  life  !  And  may  their  separation  bring  to 
them  only  a  clearer  and  wider  vision  and  a  fuller  experience 
of  the  Divine  character  and  grace,  and  may  they  return  to 
enrich  us  with  the  wealth  of  that  which  they  have  seen  and 
experienced. 

May  this  not  be  a  period  for  retrospect  alone.  May  our 
vision  of  the  past  make  us  also  to  look  forward.  May  our 
memory  be  also  an  inspiration.     And  as  we  rejoice  and  are 


~48- 

glad  because  of  that  which  in  the  past  Thy  servants  have  been 
able  to  do,  may  we  who  are  their  successors  address  ourselves, 
with  hope  and  courage  and  enthusiasm  begotten  of  our  expe- 
rience, to  the  solution  of  those  problems  and  the  performance 
of  those  tasks  which  still  await  us. 

We  aslc  it  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  Our  Lord  and  Savior, 
and  we  would  give  all  the  glory  to  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy 
Spirit.     Amen. 


WELCOME   TO   INVITED   GUESTS. 

By  Rev.  Charles  Ray  Palmer,  D.D. 

On  the  part  of  the  First  Church  and  Society  of  Bridge- 
port and  the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  I  heartily  greet 
all  who  have  assembled  with  us  on  this  happy  anniver- 
sary. It  is  delightful  to  see  the  old  friends  who  have  for 
the  occasion  returned  to  us,  the  kind  neighbors  and  fellow 
citizens  who  enter  into  our  joy,  and  those  from  every  side 
who  have  lent  us  the  encouragement  of  their  presence 
and  sympathy;  and  it  is  my  special  pleasure  and  duty 
this  evening  to  welcome  here  the  representatives  of  the 
Churches  of  the  different  communions  who  share  with  us 
the  dignity  of  this  occasion  and  who  are  of  common 
descent  from  the  old  Stratfield  parish,  while  no  longer 
connected  with  it.  The  founders  of  St.  John's  parish,  the 
founders  of  the  original  Baptist  Church  of  this  vicinity, 
the  first  nucleus  of  the  oldest  Methodist  Church  of  our 
city,  were  originally  members  of  the  old  Stratfield  parish  ; 
they  and  their  parents  were  most  of  them  communicants 
in  this  church  ;  some  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  also  were  baptized  and  brought  up  in  this 
church.  In  celebrating  the  beginnings,  their  children 
have  the  same  right  here  which  we  have  ourselves.  To 
my  thought,  the  early  history  with  all  its  treasured  mem- 
ories is  the  common  heritage  of  the  people  of  Bridgeport, 
and  especially  of  the  churches  of  Bridgeport.  Brethren, 
although  your  fathers  may  have  left  the  old  church  for 
conscience  sake  and  you  have  churches  organized  to  fur- 


—49— 

ther  convictions  and  preferences  which  the  old  church  does 
not  altogether  share,  she  to-night  accords  to  you  the  full- 
est Christian  fellowship  ;  joyfully  welcomes  you  to  the  old 
hearthstone,  and  rejoices  that  each  of  you  in  your  own  way 
is  serving  with  us  the  Kingdom  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Side  by  side  we  testify  and  toil  that  in  the  future  this 
fair  city  of  ours  may  be  an  orderly,  an  enlightened,  a 
sanctified  society ;  and  so  fulfill  the  aspirations  with 
which  our  fathers  began  it.  Thankful  for  your  presence 
here,  we  shall  be  glad  of  any  words  of  greeting  with  which 
you  may  favor  us,  but  remember  you  are  not  strangers 
here  but  at  home  in  this  old  household  of  faith. 

Now,  friends,  we  wish  next  to  sing  the  97th  hymn,  and 
we  propose  to  sing  it  as  the  fathers  used  to  sing.  The 
minister  will  line  out  the  hymn,  and  you  will  follow  him. 
The  organist  will  play  the  first  line  over  to  give  us  the 
pitch,  then  I  will  read  the  line  and  you  will  sing  it,  and 
so  on  with  each  line ;  but  understand  you  are  to  come  in 
very  promptly  at  the  beginning. 

(The  audience  rose  and  Dr.  Palmer  lined  the  hymn,  in 
the  singing  of  which  to  "  Old  Hundred  "  all  joined.) 

Dr.  Palmer:  The  first  church  organization  which 
originated  within  the  teritory  of  the  old  parish,  of  those 
who  preferred  to  worship  in  some  other  way  than  this 
church  did,  was  St.  John's.  We  are  favored  with  the 
presence  of  the  rector  of  that  parish,  and  we  will  listen 
to  him,  Rev.  William  H.  Lewis. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Lewis  said  : 

Dear  brother  and  brothers  of  the  household  of  faith,  I 
think  your  pastor  made  a  mistake  when  he  began  to-night 
by  saying  that  these  other  ecclesiastical  bodies  within  the 
limits  of  this  city  had  broken  away  from  the  ties  which 
interested  you.  I  am  sure  it  is  not  so,  for  as  every  one 
well  knows  who  knows  what  the  history  of  such  a  com- 
munity as  this  is,  who  has  traced  its  windings  back  and 
forth  among  the  multitude  of  families  which  come  in  to 
make  it  up,  every  one  knows  that  the  lines  of  relation,  the 
lines  of  interest  weave  themselves  back  and  forth  continu- 
4 


—50— 

ally  among-  the  families  of  a  place  like  this  so  that  it  is 
impossible  except  by  death — and  we  do  not  recognize 
death  except  as  an  accident  of  life — to  sever  those  rela- 
tions;  and  in  proof  of  this  I  will  state  a  fact  which  is  not 
perhaps  known  to  all  present  here,  namely,  that  one  of 
those  venerable  vessels  which  lies  on  the  table  was  given 
to  this  parish  by  an  ancestor  of  my  wife,  and  bears  his 
name.  And  so  1  say  we  are  glad  to  come  here  to-night — I 
am  individually,  having  as  a  friend  one  worth  having,  your 
pastor,  and  as  one  interested  in  everything  that  concerns, 
the  religious  life  of  this  community,  to  come  both  individ- 
ually and  representatively  and  bring  you  my  cordial 
greetings  on  this  your  two  hundredth  birthday  ;  and  when 
T  was  casting  over  in  my  mind  what  to  say,  the  beautiful 
quotation  with  which  your  pastor  closed  his  address 
occurred  to  me — I  believe  from  Canon  Farrar, — and 
instinctively  I  laid  my  hands  on  a  little  relic  which  has 
lain  for  some  time  on  the  mantelpiece  in  my  study  and  I 
said  "  I  will  bring  that."  Our  birthday  is  a  birthday  in  a 
sense  in  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  for  that  is  a  piece 
of  an  old  Roman  brick  taken  out  of  the  wall  of  St.  Mar- 
tin's Church  in  Canterbury,  whose  history — you  remem- 
ber— Canon  Farrar  and  other  authorities  in  the  Church  of 
England  have  traced  out  to  the  last  part  of  the  first  cen- 
tury;  so  that  little  edifice,  with  its  walls  built  of  Roman 
brick,  of  one  of  which  this  is  a  part,  commemorates  the 
beginning  of  the  church,  which  I  think  Canon  Farrar  says 
was  founded  in  the  year  87,  the  records  of  which  show 
that  almost  continuously,  except  through  the  vissicitudes  of 
war  in  the  kingdom,  it  has  been  open  as  a  place  of  wor- 
ship, and  I  had  the  pleasure  three  years  ago  of  being 
taken  into  that  venerable  little  building — for  it  will  not 
cover  one-quarter  of  the  ground  this  church  covers — and 
there  standing  on  the  very  stone  on  which  St.  Augustine 
stood  when  in  the  year  597  he  preached  his  first  sermon 
to  the  Saxons.  In  front  of  me  was  the  famous  Saxon  font ; 
by  the  side  of  me  was  the  tomb  of  Queen  Bertha,  in  which 
her  remains  still  rest,  and  on  the  left  was  a  curious  open- 
ing in  the  wall,  known  as  the  "  Leper's  Squint,"  some- 


—51— 

thing  like  a  slit  made  in  the  wall  through  which  those 
diseased  and  unfortunate  people  could  look  and  see  the 
praise  and  prayer  and  the  sacrifice  at  the  altar  while 
not  permitted  to  join  the  congregation.  Such  a  bit 
of  old  material  as  that  makes  us  all  understand  that 
age  is  relative.  When  we  come  to  celebrate  the  two 
hundredth  birthday  of  an  ecclesiastical  body  and  have 
present  a  memento  from  the  eighteen  hundredth  birth- 
day of  an  ecclesiastical  body,  we  feel  like  children 
indeed;  and  yet  on  the  other  hand,  when  we  come  to 
measure  the  life  of  this  body  with  the  life  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  it  has  found  its  home,  we  feel  venerable 
indeed — and  so  age  is  relative.  As  we  look  backward  we 
see  those  older  and  older  and  older  till  memory  ceases  to 
work.  As  we  look  forward  we  see  the  great  end  to  which 
we  are  all  moving,  and  as  God  marks  off  our  term  of  use- 
fulness there  is  an  age  of  light,  and  within  that  limit 
comes  the  counting  of  the  birthdays,  and  we  may,  if  we 
are  working  for  Him  and  his  Son's  Kingdom,  count  every 
one  which  He  gives  us  as  a  blessing  direct  from  Him.  I 
am  sure  that  this  old  body  of  yours  is  venerable  in  the 
memories  and  minds  and  thoughts  of  all  here  gathered 
to-night,  associated  with  a  host  of  holy  associations.  It  is 
no  little  thing  that  for  even  two  hundred  years  there  has 
been  a  body  of  Christian  people  standing  up — whatever 
their  mode  of  worship  I  care  not;  whatever  their  eccle- 
siastical organization  may  be  I  care  not — we  take  this 
body  of  men  and  women  whose  lives  are  sacrificed  to 
Almighty  God,  whose  mission  is  to  fight  against  the 
sin  in  the  world,  whose  hope  is  in  life  everlasting,  whose 
one  name  is  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  whose 
one  desire  in  the  world  is  to  win  souls  for  Christ  and 
to  follow  in  the  example  and  footsteps  of  His  most 
Holy  life, — I  say  it  is  a  thing  to  be  proud  of  that  for 
two  hundred  years  this  ecclesiastical  body  has  stood 
for  that  in  the  community,  and  in  the  changes  and 
chances  and  shifting  and  disappearings  and  reappear- 
ings  of  the  life  of  this  community  there  has  been 
here  represented  a  steady,  wholesome,  hearty  influence 


—52— 

for  God  and  righteousness.  I  am  proud  to  stand  under 
that  banner  to-night,  and  I  can  stand  and  feel  in  my 
heart  of  hearts — as  you  have  tried  through  your  authori- 
ties here  to  gather  up  and  bind  together  during  these  two 
days  all  those  holy  associations — I  am  proud  to  go  back 
through  the  history  of  this  church  and  see  for  what  this 
church  stood,  what  it  has  tried  to  do,  what  it  has  repre- 
sented here  ;  and  then  your  duty  is  only  half  done,  for 
there  is  no  use  whatever  in  any  such  commemoration  as 
this  if  it  does  not  bring  with  it  an  inspiration  for  the  future  ;• 
and  if  all  of  your  preparations  that  have  involved  so  much 
trouble  and  research  shall  count  for  nothing  in  the  days 
to  come  except  that  you  shall  go  right  on  the  same  old 
pathway  and  effort  to  improve,  then  you  better  not  have 
celebrated — you  should  accomplish  more  in  the  future; 
but  I  am  sure  no  such  spirit  lies  here,  that  no  such  spirit 
will  receive  countenance  here. 

We  are  told  by  those  who  know  that  the  two  great 
signs  of  this  last  decade  of  the  century  are,  first,  a 
decided  revival  of  religious  feeling,  a  decided  bent  of  the 
public  mind  towards  religious  research  and  religious 
truth.  It  is  a  most  happy  sign.  I  think  it  is  Bryce,  the 
author  of  the  American  Commonwealth,  who  says  that 
sign  is  to  be  particularly  distinguished  among  the  Amer- 
ican people  and  that  they  are  known  among  scholars  and 
are  known  among  the  nations  as  looking  at  the  world 
from  the  standpoint  of  God  and  the  people.  I  am  sure  if 
that  is  so  that  this  church  and  every  other  church  has  its 
work  laid  out  for  it.  And  the  second  sign  which  he  finds 
is  the  growing  desire  among  all  bodies  of  Christians  for 
a  true  unity,  and,  dear  friends,  I  venture  to  hope  that  from 
the  exercises  of  these  days  there  will  come  an  impulse  in 
the  direction  of  the  fulfillment  of  that  desire. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  we  receive 
here  to-night  a  representative  of  a  body  of  Christians 
who  went  out  from  us  nearly  one  hundred  and  forty-five 
years  ago.  We  rejoice  that  for  our  part  we  have  always 
dwelt  with  them  in  true  fellowship,  and  it  is  a  great  satis- 


—53— 

faction  so  to  receive  them  on  this  occasion.  We  will  now 
hear  from  the  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Rev. 
George  W.  Nicholson. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Nicholson's  remarks  follow  : 
My  Dear  Doctor,  sisters  and  brethren  in  the  Lord,  it  is 
with  great  pleasure  that  I  can  return  the  compliment  to 
the  doctor  and  his  people,  and  say  that  the  Baptist  Church 
has  been  in  sympathy  with  him  and  the  work  for  the 
Lord  by  every  name  in  Bridgeport.  I  came  down  this 
afternoon  to  get  acquainted  with  my  mother  (laughter). 
I  was  very  glad  to  find,  notwithstanding  she  was  aged, 
that  she  was  quite  a  fine-looking  old  lady,  and  it  was  with 
a  great  deal  of  pleasure  that  I  formed  her  acquaintance 
through  the  historical  discourse  of  Dr.  Palmer.  I  once 
saw  a  group  of  five  generations ;  it  was  a  most  beautiful 
picture;  it  has  lingered  with  me  ever  since,  and  I  can 
to-night,  as  I  stand  before  you,  bring  before  my  mind  the 
picture  of  that  great-great-grandmother  sitting  opposite 
that  great-great-grandchild  with  as  much  pleasure  and 
delight  as  if  it  were  her  own  child  and  she  a  mother  of 
twenty  years.  The  old  lad)^  was  still  fresh  and  full  of  vigor 
and  full  of  interest  in  the  affairs  of  to-day.  I  am  delighted 
to  be  one  of  a  group  of  more  than  five  generations,  to 
come  and  sit  at  the  feet  of  her  who  bore  us  and  gaze  and 
admire  and  seek  to  learn,  that  we  might  imitate  her  good 
qualities,  which  are  so  evidentl}'  rich  in  themselves  and 
numerous  in  their  quantity.  We  congratulate  you  on 
reaching  such  an  age  so  sweetly,  so  lovingly,  so  vigor- 
ously. It  is  one  thing  to  grow  old  and  quite  another  thing 
to  grow  old  gracefully,  and  I  congratulate  you  to-night, 
my  beloved,  that  you  have  grown  old  so  gracefully  and 
that  you  show  your  grace  in  the  figure  and  symmetry  of 
your  form.  We  congratulate  you  on  rearing  so  fine  and 
intelligent  and  numerous  a  family  of  children.  I  think  1 
can  say  this  without  blush  or  hesitation.  It  so  happens 
that  I  am  only  an  adopted  child,  and  for  this  reason  I  feel 
that  I  can  the  more  freely  and  heartily  congratulate  you  on 
rearing  such  a  really  magnificent  family  as  is  represented 
in  this  house  this  evening.     Though  some  of  the  children 


—54— 

have  independently  chosen  another  way  in  some  particu- 
lars from  that  taught  by  the  mother — it  is  only  natural  at 
some  times  for  the  children  to  be  a  little  naughty  and  a 
little  independent  and  want  to  have  their  own  way — she 
may  regard  them  with  pride  in  that  we  have  tried  to  bring 
no  dishonor  upon  the  mother,  we  have  tried  to  do  the 
best  we  could  in  our  way  and  not  to  hinder  her  in  her 
way  ;  and  we  come  to  assure  you  that  though  our  ways 
have  diverged  a  little  we  come  around  once  in  a  while 
where  we  can  look  each  other  in  the  face,  and  as  we  do- 
so  we  can  see  some  features  of  resemblance  and  mutual 
recognition  when  we  meet  at  the  cross  of  the  blessed 
Lord  and  Master  from  whence  we  have  all  derived  our 
spirit  and  life  and  cheer  and  favor.  I  personally  have 
shown  my  appreciation  of  one  of  the  daughters  of  the 
church  by  linking  my  interests  with  hers,  and  I  feel 
happy  to  assure  you  that  I  have  had  no  cause  for  regret 
since  the  First  Baptist  Church  and  myself  were  married, 
nor  have  I  any  disposition  to  seek  for  divorce  from  her. 
We  are  glad  that  the  opportunities  are  ours  of  calling 
upon  our  mother,  especially  as  we  find  her  in  such  good 
health  and  spirit  and  vigor,  and  our  prayer  is  that  she 
may  be  long  spared  to  adorn  the  homestead  and  give 
pleasure  to  her  numerous  progeny  all  over  this  section 
of  country.  Some  one  has  said  we  have  millions  of  stars 
in  the  skies,  millions  of  drops  of  water  in  the  ocean  and 
myriads  of  mountains  on  the  earth's  surface,  but  we  have 
only  one  mother.  How  true  !  How  glad  we  are  to  have 
her  with  us!  How  we  dislike  and  regret  the  time  of  her 
departure  when  it  comes  in  some  of  our  homes !  We  feel 
we  would  hold  her  longer  though  age  and  infirmity  were 
hers,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  delight  and  great  comfort  when 
we  feel  we  have  our  mother  with  us.  So  I  rejoice  with 
the  daughter  whom  I  represent  to-night  that  we  have  our 
mother  with  us.  What  is  home  without  a  mother  ?  We 
look  with  pride  and  delight  upon  the  First  Congregational 
Church  as  the  mother  of  the  following  of  Jesus  Christ  in 
Bridgeport,  especially  as  we  have  our  birth  and  name  so 
closely  connected  with  the  free  spirit  of  our  country.     It 


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was  a  matter  of  information,  and  of  very  joyful  informa- 
tion this  afternoon  when  Dr.  Palmer  told  us  that  a  man 
who  was  pastor  of  this  church  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  We  believe  in  fore-ordina- 
tion. Was  there  anything  in  this  fact?  If  there  is  any- 
thing for  which  we  have  lived  and  labored  and  bled  and 
suffered  and  died,  it  is  religious  liberty,  and  I  thank  God 
that  we  can  come  to-day  after  these  years,  representing  so 
large  a  constituency  of  the  country,  and  declare  to  you  that 
religious  liberty  is  still  permanently  ours  as  one  of  the 
bulwarks  behind  which  we  have  lived  and  labored  and  for 
which  we  are  willing  to  suffer  and  die  in  the  days  to  come. 

We  congratulate  you  for  your  continued  adherence  to 
the  old  gospel,  that  though  you  had  one  contest  between 
the  ear  and  note,  as  we  heard  this  afternoon,  the  contest 
between  the  ear  and  the  Gospel  has  been  successful,  as  it 
was  between  the  ear  and  note  ;  that  you  have  not  been 
allured  from  the  old  foundation  by  any  of  the  sounds  in 
the  air,  nor  strained  by  the  spirit  of  the  world  or  rent 
asunder  by  the  higher  criticism  or  new  theology  ;  but  like 
a  rock  in  the  weary  land,  a  refuge  in  the  time  of  storm  for 
these  two  hundred  years,  through  clouds  as  well  as  sun- 
shine, through  contests  as  well  as  conquests,  you  have 
stood  firm,  you  have  held  out  the  signal  of  peace  to  the 
living,  and  held  up  the  living  Christ  to  the  sorrowing  and 
sick.  One  of  the  sublime  mysteries  of  the  day  is  the 
influence  of  the  Christian  church  on  the  community  in 
which  it  is  planted.  Estimating  what  you  have  done 
during  these  two  hundred  years  for  this  section  of  our 
country  by  dates  or  figures  or  statistics  can  never  pos- 
sibly measure  or  reveal  its  extent ;  they  are  rather  only 
like  rifts  in  the  clouds,  through  which  you  may  glance 
at  the  immense  labors  you  have  performed  and  the 
success  you  have  secured  and  the  greater  success  beyond 
in  triumphs  for  the  Lord. 

An  island  in  the  sea  seems  like  an  isolated  field  to  an 
unknown  voyager,  but  not  to  the  old  sailor.  He  looks  at 
it  with  a  different  eye.  He  knows  that  beneath  the  sur- 
face of  the  water  its  roots  are  to  be  found    piercing   and 


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penetrating  in  all  directions,  and  the  island  is  only  one  of 
the  higher  peaks  of  a  range  of  mountains  extending  miles 
and  miles  in  the  distance,  and  in  the  storm  the  anchor  is 
thrown  overboard  to  grapple  one  or  other  of  these  roots 
for  an  anchorage  till  the  storm  be  passed  and  the  winds 
calm.  So  it  is  with  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ — it  looks 
solitary  and  alone  as  here  and  there  you  see  it  pointing 
its  finger  to  the  skies  like  a  lighthouse  on  the  shore  or  an 
island  in  the  ocean,  but  her  roots  are  permeating  this  city 
of  ours  in  all  directions  and  its  effects  are  felt  in  every  • 
department  whether  secular  or  religious.  The  old  church 
has  affected  the  vital  interests  of  the  section  we  represent. 
We  might  congratulate  you  on  the  manifest  elements 
of  strength  and  prosperity  which  on  every  side  are  appar- 
ent ;  on  the  indications  of  spiritual  progress,  of  growth  in 
Christ-likeness ;  but  we  have  come  to  congratulate  you 
on  reaching  this  birthday.  We  will  pray  God  for  yet  a 
grander  future  for  the  First  Church  of  Bridgeport  than 
you  have  ever  had,  and  though  you  have  brought  your 
thousands  into  the  church,  the  day  will  come  when  the 
record  will  run  up  to  hundreds  of  thousands  enlisted  for 
the  service  of  God  and  the  saving  of  souls  and  strengthen- 
ing of  everything  which  is  for  the  good  of  us  all.  May 
the  Lord  bless  you  and  abide  with  you  and  strengthen 
you,  and  may  you  come  out  and  realize  more  success 
than  you  have  in  the  past,  until  the  day  when  the  mother 
and  daughters  shall  be  gathered  together  and  shall  grasp 
hands  cordially  with  each  other  over  the  differences  as 
well  as  the  mutual  affections  existing,  and  shall  glorify 
God  and  bring  the  blessed  Kingdom  of  Christ  in  all  its 
glory  ! 

Dr.  Palmer  :  I  remember  having  once  had  occasion  to 
allude  to  the  fact  that  the  first  Methodist  society  in  New 
England  originated  in  this  parish,  and  that  Dr.  Pullman, 
being  within  hearing,  said  he  didn't  know  of  any  organi- 
zation in  this  world  that  he  would  rather  make  an 
improvement  on  than  on  the  Congregational  church. 
We  are  very  glad  to  have  him  here  to  tell  us  to-night  all 
there  is  in  his  heart. 


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Dr.  Pullman  spoke  as  follows:  My  dear  brother,  my 
only  regret  on  this  very  memorable  occasion  is  that  the 
people  called  Methodists  have  not  a  better  representative 
here,  a  more  worthy  representative  than  the  speaker,  but 
it  is  the  accident  of  my  life  and  the  good  fortune  of  my 
life  to  be  at  this  time  pastor  of  the  First  Methodist  Church 
of  this  city,  and  I  am  therefore  called  upon  to  represent 
the  Methodist  community  of  the  city.  I  join  most  heartily 
with  the  sentiments  of  congratulation  that  have  been  so 
well  expressed  by  the  honored  clergymen  who  have  pre- 
ceded me.  1  was  reluctant  to  appear  here  1  am  always 
reluctant  to  assume  to  make  an  address,  but  finding  myself 
among  a  lot  of  brothers — for  we  are  all  descendants  of  the 
same  mother — finding  myself  surrounded  by  a  band  of 
brothers,  I  have  been  gathering  confidence.  I  am  glad  to 
bring  our  congratulations  because  of  your  great  history. 
May  I  allude  to  the  fact  that  we  are  all  delighted  with 
the  exquisite  decorations  of  this  temple  of  the  Most  High 
on  this  occasion  ?  I  thought  I  saw  history  before  me  and 
a  vision  of  the  growth  of  human  society.  We  are  glad 
also  to  congratulate  you  because  the  occasion  illustrates 
the  essential  union  of  the  Christian  churches.  I  have  looked 
through  this  book  to  find  the  bond  or  basis  of  church  unity. 
I  have  not  been  able  to  find  it  in  government  norin  symbols 
nor  in  ritual  nor  even  in  opinions — for  there  were  great 
varieties  of  opinion  in  the  early  churches,  and  yet  there 
was  the  Holy  Catholic  Church  in  the  first  century,  in 
the  apostolic  days,  and  I  think  I  have  found  it  in  the  new 
spiritual  life  of  Jesus  Christ.  Whether  Christians  at 
Cyrene  or  Cappadocia,  in  Alexandria  or  in  Rome,  there 
was  a  unit}"  that  enabled  them  to  walk  and  pray  all 
together — all  were  included  in  a  Holy  Catholic  Church. 
That  unity  is  brought  before  us  in  the  words  of  Paul 
where  he  said  "created  anew  in  Christ  Jesus."  There  is 
a  word  in  the  New  Testament  that  symbolizes  this  fellow- 
ship, a  technical  word,  Koinonia,  which  translated  means 
fellowship,  communication.  If  we  walk  in  the  light  as 
He  is  in  the  light  we  have  fellowship  with  the  Father 
and  with  His  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  I  am  proud  to  believe 


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that  this  essential  union  exists  in  the  Christian  churches 
to-day.  I  know  Dr.  Palmer  was  sincere  when  he  bade  us 
all  God  speed;  I  know  that  this  distinguished  Baptist 
clergyman  was  sincere  when  he  bade  this  great  church 
God  speed ;  and  I  know  our  honored  brother  of  St. 
John's,  whose  honest  words  delighted  us  all,  was  sincere, 
when  he  congratulated  us  upon  our  union.  Think  of 
Martin,  and  Edwards,  and  Dr.  Dwight,  writing  on  the 
hill  behind  us,  "  I  love  Thy  kingdom,  Lord,"  Ray  Palmer 
in  New  York,  writing  "  My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee,". 
John  Wesley  talking  to  the  colliers  in  England  till  their 
black  faces  were  washed  with  tears — these  men,  the  lead- 
ers of  the  Mighty  Host  of  Jesus  Christ,  were  sincere.  I 
am  glad  that  our  distinguished  founder,  Wesley,  said  he 
wanted  a  league  offensive  and  defensive  with  every 
soldier  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  I  think  that  I  may  say  that 
that  is  the  spirit  of  the  Church  to  which  I  have  the  honor 
to  belong.  So  far  as  I  know,  sir,  we  have  no  hobby  of 
any  kind  that  will  prevent  or  hinder  the  most  cordial 
co-operation  and  confederation  and  co-fellowship  and 
work  with  any  and  all  Christian  churches.  I  do  not 
believe  in  organic  unity  of  the  churches,  but  I  do  believe 
in  the  spirit  of  brotherhood  and  broad  co-operation.  A 
few  years  ago,  soon  after  I  left  college,  I  went  over  to 
the  old  mother  country.  I  was  introduced  to  a  distin- 
guished English  gentleman  in  Yorkshire.  He  was  very 
courteous  and  very  intelligent,  and  he  kindly,  like  many 
of  those  foreigners,  put  his  time  at  my  service  and  said 
"  I  will  take  you  and  show  you  how  a  civilization  grew," 
and  he  took  me  up  to  York  and  I  saw  the  old  walls  where 
the  followers  of  Charles  the  First  had  been  within  and 
Cromwell's  troopers  were  without;  he  took  me  to  the 
Minster,  then  to  Beverly;  then  he  said  "we  will  run 
down  to  London,"  and  we  went  to  the  room  where 
Walter  Raleigh  wrote  his  History  of  the  World,  and  we 
looked  on  the  spot  where  the  head  of  Thomas  More  fell 
in  the  basket.  This  afternoon,  going  among  the  relics  of 
the  church  and  hearing  the  historical  address  delivered 
here  by  Dr.  Palmer,  I  felt  that  I  was  studying  how  a  civ- 


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ilization  grew.  I  looked  yonder  at  the  old  log  church, 
more  significant  to  a  student  of  human  history  than  a 
collection  of  all  the  diamonds  of  the  planet,  and  I  was 
breathing  once  again  the  Puritan  air,  the  air  that  Robin- 
son and  Brewster  breathed  and  that  the  great  Puritans 
breathed  and  that  Cromwell  at  Dunbar  breathed  when 
he  shouted  to  his  followers  "  Let  God  arise  and  let  his 
enemies  be  scattered  !"  I  saw  again  the  rise  of  one  of  the 
greatest  epochs  in  the  histor}^  of  mankind,  the  old  Puritan 
epoch. 

Much  is  said  over  in  England  about  the  non-conformist 
conscience,  and  when  the  great  leaders  there  have  any 
great  issue,  such  as  the  extension  of  the  suffrage,  the 
opening  of  the  universities,  home  rule,  the  repression  of 
the  power  of  the  distillers  and  brewers,  education  ;  when 
they  have  any  point,  any  great  campaigns  that  have  the 
element  of  progress,  of  democracy,  of  morals  involved, 
they  make  their  appeals  to  the  non-conformists'  con- 
science; and  the  great  leaders,  Bright  and  Gladstone  and 
the  great  Congregationalist,  Dr.  Dale,  of  Birmingham, 
and  Hugh  Price  Hughes,  when  they  make  their  appeal  to 
the  power  of  England  make  it  to  the  non-conformist's 
conscience  very  largely,  but  that  conscience  is  literally 
the  Puritan  conscience  of  an  earlier  age.  It  was  a  splen- 
did outburst  for  manhood,  that  reach  for  libert)%  that 
grand  conscience-battle,  that  great  Puritan  movement  in 
the  mother  country.  I  hardly  know  where  my  ancestors 
did  come  from.  I  am  mixed  up  (laughter).  I  call  myself 
sometimes  an  Irishman,  but  my  forefathers  fought  with 
the  Prince  of  Orange  in  the  wars  for  the  liberty  of  Hol- 
land, and  from  Holland  they  fought  to  liberate  England 
and  later  on  in  other  lands,  but  the  blood  of  soldiers'  that 
vStruck  for  liberty  in  the  days  when  the  great  churches 
were  born  is  in  my  veins.  In  that  epoch  all  the  great 
churches,  with  the  exception  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
were  practically  born.  The  Baptist,  the  Presbyterian, 
the  Congregationalist,  the  Quakers,  and  a  little  later,  an 
offspring  born  out  of  due  time,  we  Methodists  came  ;  and 
then,  sir,  when  I  think  of  the   migration  in   1620  and  of 


— 6o— 

those  who  were  in  the  Mayflower  on  that  memorable 
voyage  I  begin  to  know  how  history  unfolds  and  God's 
plans  are  developed.  Virgil  tells  in  the  ^neid  how 
-^neas,  the  son  of  Venus,  brought  the  household  gods 
or  penates  of  Troy  through  many  hardships  over  sea  and 
land  to  the  Lavinian  shore  and  found  room  ;  but  in  the 
Mayflower,  in  the  spirit  of  Brewster  and  Robinson  and 
Bradford,  came  the  seeds  of  empires  and  civilizations  that 
are  transforming  the  world  to-day,  for  on  this  fair  land 
the  world  is  gazing  to-day.  We  would  not  be  here  but- 
for  that  migration.  The  great  Church  would  not  be 
here  but  for  that  stroke  for  liberty  by  which  the  world  was 
elevated.  I  have  found  this,  sir,  that  the  history  of 
thought  is  the  history  of  great  men  and  great  epochs. 
Copernicus  elevated  the  level  of  men  when  he  put  the 
sun  in  the  center  of  the  solar  system  ;  Newton  elevated 
the  level  of  the  world's  thinking  men  when  he  bound  the 
universe  together  with  the  law  of  gravitation,  and  since 
then  men  have  been  thinking  on  a  theory  to  elevate  the 
universe.  Darwin,  I  believe,  has  elevated  the  world's 
thinking  by  the  great  law  of  continuity  of  life,  and  great 
epochs  lift  the  world's  thinking  and  the  world's  learning. 
The  reformation,  the  Methodist  movement,  but  promi- 
nently as  a  movement  of  conscience,  as  a  movement  of 
conviction,  as  a  movement  of  manhood,  the  great  Puritan 
assertion  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries  stands 
out. 

Now  sir,  I  am  talking  too  long.  You  kindly  adverted 
to  the  fact  that  the  First  Methodist  Church  owes  its  orig- 
inal members  to  this  church.  They  are  not  at  all  dis- 
pleased with  that  relation.  As  3'ou  have  intimated,  we 
are  not  displeased,  and  I  was  wondering  if  we  helped  you 
any  in  return ;  and  I  remembered  your  address  to-day 
when  you  spoke  of  the  time  that  distinguished  man 
became  pastor  of  the  church,  Mr.  Waterman,  and  I  think 
you  told  us  that  the  church  had  only  forty-seven  mem- 
bers after  a  history  of  about  one  hundred  and  ten  years, 
but  after  his  pastorate  three  hundred  were  added.  About 
the  time  that  distinguished  pastor  came  the  Methodists 


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came.  You  began  to  grow  when  Methodism  came 
(laughter).  After  a  hundred  years  and  more  you  had 
only  forty-seven  members  and  you  then  leaped  to  the 
front,  and  that  was  cotemporaneous  with  the  advent  of 
Methodism  ;  and  I  am  not  at  all  displeased  to  greet  again 
and  again  brothers  who  were  once  Methodists  in  all  these 
churches,  and  I  love  the  Methodist  Church  and  will 
remain  in  it,  and  God  willing  I  will  die  in  it,  not  simply 
on  account  of  what  we  are  ourselves  but  because  we  are 
also  helping  the  great  churches  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
to  do  good  in  the  world. 

Some  time  ago  I  was  in  Melrose,  Scotland.  I  was  look- 
ing at  the  Abbey.  I  spent  the  night  there  and  going  in 
the  morning  of  the  day  I  had  to  leave  I  was  taking  a  last 
lingering  look — and  I  can  see  those  delicate,  exquisite 
arches  and  columns  still  as  they  stood  out  in  the  beautiful 
morning  light — and  turning  to  leave  I  saw  a  great  tall 
Scotchman  at  my  elbow,  and  I  said  "  What  a  pity  to  see 
such  a  beautiful  structure  in  ruins  !  "  "  Ach,"  said  he, 
"  what  does  it  matter  about  the  structure  so  long  as  the 
truth  remains,"  and  I  thought  it  was  a  great  sentiment. 
We  had  no  such  structure  in  our  fair  land,  but  we  could 
say,  as  George  W.  Curtis  said,  that  the  New  England  com- 
munities furnished  the  highest  average  of  well-doing  in 
the  history  of  the  world.  We  can  point  to  Massachusetts, 
we  can  point  to  Connecticut,  we  can  point  to  the  old  Pine 
Tree  State  and,  let  me  say,  to  the  great  Congregational 
churches,  for  it  was  your  impulse  and  high  idea  of  civil 
and  religious  liberty  that  laid  the  foundations  of  these 
New  England  communities.  We  pulled  apart;  we  are 
coming  together. 

With  a  prophecy  I  would  like  to  close.  1  had  a  sort  of 
dream  this  afternoon  of  what  would  be  two  hundred 
years  from  now.  All  the  churches  will  remain  I  think. 
The  Methodist  Church  will  be  there  two  hundred  years 
from  now,  the  Congregational  Church  will  be  there, 
the  Presbyterian  Church  will  be  there,  the  Baptist 
brethren  will  be  there,  the  Universalists  will  be  there, 
the  Unitarians  I  believe  will  be  there,  the  great  Roman 


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Catholic  Church,  the  Greek  Church,  they  all  will  be 
there,  but  they  will  be  softened,  they  will  make  less  of 
non-essentials  and  more  of  love  to  the  great  Head  of  the 
Church.  In  that  better  day  there  will  be  no  sectarianism 
—  no  strife  whether  we  shall  sing  by  ear  or  note,  but  one 
spirit  uniting  the  band  of  Christian  hearts. 

You  have  seen  a  composite  photograph.  I  saw  a  little 
while  ago  a  composite  photograph  of  Gladstone's  cabinet ; 
the  great  Premier  was  in  it;  John  Morley,  with  his  intel- 
ligent face,  was  in  it;  the  great  public  leader,  now  pre-- 
mier,  Lord  Roseberr}^  was  in  it,  but  the  ultimate  effect 
was  a  refined,  intelligent,  spiritual,  elevated  being.  The 
churches  will  remain,  but  they  will  come  into  such  unity 
of  spirit  that  there  will  be  the  effect  of  a  great  composite 
photograph  in  which  will  be  distinctly  seen  the  features 
of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

I  wanted  to  tell  a  little  about  the  child  that  you  have 
referred  to,  but  must  not  detain  you.  Out  in  a  Kansas 
conference  a  year  ago  Chaplain  McKabe  was  on  the 
platform  beside  one  of  our  Methodist  bishops — we  call 
them  bishops.  The  roll  was  called  of  the  old  preachers. 
The  name  of  Allen  Butner  was  called.  An  aged  veteran 
of  the  war  rose  up  and  made  a  little  speech  and  said  in 
closing,  "  I  am  a  veteran  of  the  war  and  a  worn-out 
Methodist  preacher."  Chaplain  McKabe  knew  his  early 
record  and  leaped  to  his  feet  and  said  "That  is  the  man 
that  led  the  assault  up  Missionary  Ridge,"  and  the 
bishop  reached  out  and  grasped  the  man's  hand,  saying, 
"  Give  me  your  hand."  The  audience  leaped  to  their  feet, 
somebody  struck  up  "  My  Country,  'tis  of  thee,"  and  the 
voice  of  the  great  assembly  went  out  while  tears  fell 
everywhere,  and  McKabe  said  that  Butner  led  the 
advance  and  shouted  through  the  shrieking  bullets  and 
piercing  shell  and  said  "  Come  on,  come  on."  Grant  was 
looking  on,  and  Sheridan.  Grant  said,  "Sheridan,  who 
ordered  that  attack?"  Sheridan  said,  "Nobody  ordered 
it,  they  did  it  themselves."  That,  sir,  will  be  the  spirit  of 
the  great  churches  of  Jesus  Christ  in  the  years  to  come. 
Filled  with  loyalty  to  Him,  they  will  march  forward  a  band 


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of  brothers,  bringing  this  world  to  the  feet  of  our  Blessed 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 

Dr.  Palmer:  We  can  hardly  claim  a  parental  relation 
as  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church.  It  was  an  ofifshoot 
from  the  Second  Church  and  not  from  the  First,  yet  many 
of  its  original  members  were  born  and  brought  up  here. 
We  are  glad  to  see  here  its  pastor,  Rev.  Henry  A.  Daven- 
port. 

Mr.  Davenport's  remarks  follow: — My  dear  brother 
and  Christian  friends,  "  Behold  how  good  it  is  for  breth- 
ren to  dwell  together  in  unity."  We  come  with  cordial 
greetings,  and  it  is  pleasant  to  see  so  many  dear  people 
here  attesting  to  the  heartiness  of  the  appreciation  of  this 
unusual  and  so  significant  occasion.  Of  the  pastors  of 
native  or  English-speaking  churches  who  greeted  me 
when  I  came  here,  the  pastor  of  this  church  is  the  only 
one  that  remains  ;  one  whom  in  these  years  I  have  learned 
not  only  to  esteem  but  to  love  ardently,  and  you  must 
allow  me  to  say  to-night,  because  it  comes  from  my  heart, 
that  a  service  of  this  character  as  well  as  the  work  of  a 
man  like  him,  standing  in  one  pulpit  for  twenty-three 
years,  is  as  impossible  of  calculation  as  the  drops  that 
flow  from  the  perennial  fountain. 

In  relation  to  the  local  churches  it  is  rather  a  pleasantry, 
it  stirs  a  little  mirth  when  we  think  we  are  not  offspring 
but  offsprung,  yet  imitated  our  mother  and  considered 
ourselves  justified  by  her  example:  that  having  asked  for 
the  portion  of  goods  that  were  falling  to  us  we  acted  in 
our  own  independent  w^ay,  and  we  appreciate  the  cordial 
welcome  we  get  here.  We  bring  our  hearty  congratula- 
tion to  Dr.  Palmer  and  our  Christian  friends  for  the  rea- 
son that  this  church  has  been  true  to  the  orthodox  sym- 
bols of  faith  through  all  its  history.  Among  all  the 
tangent  movements  of  the  passing  days  this  church  has 
held  to  the  main  road,  and  one  could  but  be  impressed 
when  the  roll  was  called  of  the  faithful  men  of  God  who 
have  ministered  here,  men  whose  lives  were  the  best  com- 
ment on  the  gospel.     Carlisle  says  history  is  the  lengthen- 


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ing  shadows  of  the  world's  great  men,  and  we  cannot  help 
but  be  impressed  when  we  think  of  the  heroic  members 
of  this  church.  Strong  were  they.  Nature  made  them 
heroes.  Grace  made  them  kings  to  reign  forever.  We 
give  you  our  congratulations  because  it  seems  to  me,  my 
dear  sir,  that  we  claim  a  little  interest  after  all,  if  not 
from  the  point  of  view  of  the  local  church,  yet  from  the 
point  of  view  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  This 
infant  church  leaned  back  on  the  old  Saybrook  platform. 
As  we  heard  this  afternoon,  some  of  the  pastors  of  this" 
church  were  educated  in  Presbyterian  institutions  of 
learning  and  some  of  them  came  from  or  went  to  Presby- 
terian churches,  and  thinking  of  this  occasion  I  was  recall- 
ing a  little  history — I  was  thinking  of  the  time  when  there 
existed  a  plan  of  union,  when  committee  men  were  eligible 
to  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of 
the  time  when  there  were  more  Presbyterians  in  the  field 
of  foreign  missions  than  there  were  Congregationalists,  of 
the  interest  we  had  in  the  Home  Mission  Society,  and  I 
was  thinking  of  these  things  with  something  of  compla- 
cency. I  was  encouraged  when  the  preacher  of  that  nota- 
ble historical  sermon  announced  his  text  in  these  words, 
"  Remember  the  days  of  old,  consider  the  years  of  many 
generations  ;  ask  thy  father,  and  he  will  show  thee  ;  thine 
elders,  and  they  will  tell  thee,"  but  that  was  all  taken  out 
of  me  when  he  went  on  in  the  course  of  the  service  and 
revealed  the  fact  that  there  was  great  uneasiness  on  the 
part  of  the  independent  portion  of  the  church,  and  it  was 
rather  a  blow  to  me  ;  and  I  recall  how  Dr.  Dexter  in  his 
work  seemed  to  be  annoyed  that  in  whatever  angle  he 
looked  he  was  running  against  Presbyterians  (laughter), 
and  yet  if  the  lines  of  ecclesiastical  cleavage  have  been 
more  sharply  drawn  and  denominationalism  has  been 
more  thoroughly  crystalized,  it  is  pleasant  to  remember 
that  then  and  now  there  is  the  spirit  of  true  fellowship 
to  which  the  brothers  have  referred.  There  is  a  legend 
that  tells  about  a  brave  prince  that  cut  his  way  through 
a  dense  forest  to  find  a  castle,  and  when  he  found  it  there 
was  revealed  to  him   a  maiden  who   had   been   waiting  a 


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hundred  years  for  his  coming-  and  there  was  a  union  of 
their  lives  for  time  to  come  ;  and  even  as  the  prophecy 
just  made,  may  we  not  think  that  the  work  we  have  accom- 
plished in  the  years  gone  by  will  be  more  than  ever  real- 
ized in  the  years  to  come? 

I  have  been  trying  to  make  it  real  to  myself  what  it 
means  to  be  two  hundred  years  old.  Seventeen  years 
ago  in  the  providence  of  God  I  came  to  this  city.  Do 
you  realize  that  it  is  within  that  period  of  time  that  half 
of  our  churches  have  come  into  being  and  that  most  of 
the  permanent  institutions  of  benevolence  and  charity 
have  come  into  existence?  At  that  time  the  church  I  have 
the  honor  to  serve  was  about  twenty-five  years  old,  and 
twenty-five  years  before  its  mother  was  about  twenty- 
three  years  old,  and  from  that  point  you  would  have  to 
go  back  fifty  years  to  get  to  the  American  Revolution, 
and  then  this  church  was  hale  and  stalwart  and  strong 
and  old.  Two  hundred  years  !  We  don't  think  of  it, 
we  don't  realize  it.  The  great  institutions  of  to-day 
belong  to  the  decades,  and  this  church  stands  as  a  monu- 
ment of  the  centuries.  And  especially  our  young  people 
do  not  realize  it.  With  reference  to  these  great  parish 
institutions,  they  are  like  the  boys  who  go  under  the 
apple  tree  and  pick  the  fruit  and  swallow  it  thought- 
lessly and  thanklessly.  I  am  glad  of  an  occasion  like 
this  that  will  call  a  halt  and  cause  people  to  think  and 
consider  the  heritage  that  has  come  to  them,  and  I  have 
been  trying  to  think  here  to-night  about  the  great  con- 
stituency of  this  church  during  two  hundred  years.  Oh, 
the  praises  that  have  gone  hence  in  that  time  !  Is  church 
life  and  church  work  a  thing  of  to-day  ?  No,  it  links 
eternity. 

"  One  family  we  dwell  in  Him, 
One  church  above,  beneath, 
Though  now  divided  by  the  stream. 
The  narrow  stream  of  death. 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  His  command  we  bow  ; 
Part  of  the  Host  have  crossed  the  flood, 

And  part  are  crossing  now." 


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And  these  pictures  bring  it  back  to  me.  The  people  who 
have  gone  out  from  this  church  have  gone  into  that. 
Christian  friends,  I  had  thought  of  what  a  splendid  argu- 
ment we  have  here  for  Christianity  in  the  two  hundred 
years  of  the  life  of  the  Church.  The  Christian  religion  is 
not  an  experiment,  it  is  no  longer  a  novelty  to  be  scanned 
with  curious  and  skeptical  eye,  and  God  gave  his  revela- 
tions not  so  much  through  acts  as  through  events.  We 
are  scanning  events  which  are  the  finger-marks  of  God. 
In  all  the  relations  of  the  Church,  its  relations  to  relig- 
ious and  civil  life,  like  the  two  sides  of  the  one  fabric, 
the  Church  brought  the  power  of  Heaven  to  bear  on 
earthly  things ;  and  one  of  the  great  lessons  we  learn  in 
all  the  differences  and  disagreements  amongst  men  is  that 
while  men  come  and  go  and  theories  fall  and  rise,  God 
stands  within  the  shadow  watching  over  His  own. 

Just  one  thought  and   I   will   leave  you.     On   looking 
back  to  the  beginning  of  this  church  and  following  it  on 
with  its  various  achievements,  I  am  saying  to  myself  what 
a  vantage  ground  it  has  to-day  for  bringing  about  unpar- 
alleled   achievements.      I    noticed    an   athlete    the    other 
day  down    at   the  Park  and  I  said  to  him,  "  Don't  you 
run  too  far  before  you  jump  ?     It  seems  to  me  you  lose 
your   strength."      "  No,"    he   says,    "  it  is   indispensable, 
we  must  get  the  momentum."     Think  of  the  momentum 
this  church  has  got  in  two  hundred  years  with  which  to 
grapple  the  problems  of  this  nineteenth  century.     When 
it  began,  what  were  those  days  ?      Days  of  acts  of  tolera 
tion,  days  of  the  Indians,  days  of  the  pirates,  days  with 
out  any  such  facilities  or  means  of    Christian    work   as 
you  and  I  enjoy  to-day.     When  this  church  began  Wes- 
ley   was  not   born,    Edwards'   thought    had    not   entered 
upon   its  high    career.     And    what   was   the  site    of  our 
fair  city  ?      In  those  days  it  was  comparative  nakedness 
to  what   you    and    I  see  to-day  and   enjoy,  and  yet  from 
that  point  the   fathers  advanced,    and  as    we  look  back 
and  scan  their  bravery  and   valor,  you   and    I  ought  to 
be  inspired    as    we    come  into  touch   with  the  devotion 
and  consecration   of  the  two  centuries.     And  while  we 


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bring  our  congratulations,  we  bring  our  best  wishes  for 
the  future  of  this  grand  old  church.  Gladstone  said  that 
the  decade  from  1875  to  1885  witnessed  greater  triumphs 
for  Christianity  than  all  decades  of  the  ages  preceding. 
We  are  living  in  a  grand  and  glorious  time.  It  is  a  grand 
day  in  which  to  live  and  work,  and  may  the  significant 
services  of  this  occasion  bring  new  life  to  this  church  and 
gird  it  with  new  strength  that  every  year  to  come  may 
be  more  splendid  than  the  years  that  are  gone.  There 
are  difficulties  still  before  us;  in  the  face  of  them  let  us 
recall  that  brother  of  your  faith  over  in  the  land  of  Tur- 
key when  the  command  of  the  Sultan  went  forth  that 
within  a  brief  period  all  of  his  order  must  be  exiled. 
That  man  of  God  said,  "  Friends,  the  Sultan  of  the  uni- 
verse can  change  all  that."  Oh,  for  a  living  faith  in  the 
sovereign  God  who  rules  in  and  over  all !  May  it  possess 
and  control  us,  every  one ;  and  ma}'^  it  be  said  concerning 
this  church,  as  the  bishop  said  of  Washington,  "  in  youth 
true,  in  manhood  brave,  in  age  wise,  in  memory  immor- 
tal."    (Applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Now  we  are  going  to  give  you  a  little 
ancient  psalmody,  "The  Lord  descended  from  on  High," 
to  old  "  Majesty."  That  does  not  go  back  two  hundred 
years,  but  more  than  one  hundred  years.  The  choir  will 
render  the  old  tune,  which  you  will  be  glad  to  follow — if 
you  can. 

The  psalmody  was  then  rendered  by  the  choir  and  the 
benediction  was  pronounced  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Russell. 


SERVICES    OF 

THURSDAY    MORNING. 

Drum  Prelude. 

Organ  Voluntary. 

Anthem,  "  Send  Out  Thy  Light." 

Prayer  of  Commemoration, 

By    Rev.    CHARLES    RAY   PALMER,  D.D. 

Dr.  Palmer:  Christian  Friends  and  Fellow  Citizens, 
we  have  met  this  morning  to  commemorate  the  Founders 
of  this  ancient  church,  the  Fathers  of  this  community. 
We  endeavor  to  revive  in  some  measure  the  men  and  their 
ways.  We  have  assembled  as  they  were  wont  to  assem- 
ble, by  beat  of  drum.  We  have  set  sentinels  at  our  door 
with  weapons  of  defense  because  they  did  it.  We  have 
placed  above  us  not  only  the  flag  of  the  United  States, 
but  the  Colonial  flag  of  1686,  bearing  upon  it  the  Red 
Cross  of  St.  George,  the  crown  royal  and  the  cipher  of 
King  James,  and  also  the  British  Ensign  in  memory  of 
the  later  colonial  days.  We  have  set  here  our  ancient 
plate,  nearly  as  old  as  the  church.  All  these  are  sugges- 
tions of  the  past,  as  are  our  models  of  the  churches,  from 
the  most  ancient  on  your  extreme  left  to  the  latest  upon 
your  right;  the  present  which  has  been  evolved  from  the 
past  speaks   for  itself.     I  wish   to  remind  you,  that  the 


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fathers  deserve  our  veneration  for  what  they  were,  and 
what  they  purposed  and  what  they  wrought.  They  pro- 
foundly believed,  as  their  petition  to  the  General  Court 
shows,  in  their  responsibility  to  God,  and  their  depend- 
ence on  his  protection  and  favor.  They  cherished  for 
themselves  and  for  their  children  the  aspiration  to  be  a 
religious  and  an  enlightened  community.  They  built  their 
school  and  their  church  almost  as  promptly — quite  as  reso- 
lutely— as  they  set  up  their  own  habitations,  and  armed 
to  defend  them.  In  all  the  disabilities  of  an  infant  settle- 
ment, and  not  unconscious  of  peril  from  their  savage 
neighbors,  they  encouraged  one  another  and  took  courage 
from  their  ennobling  aspirations  to  lay  the  foundations, 
and  accomplish  the  tasks,  in  the  abiding  results  of  which 
we  as  their  children  and  successors  rejoice  at  this  late 
day.  It  is  fitting  that  we  recall  their  toils,  their  ventures, 
their  sacrifices  and  their  deeds,  and  keep  their  memory 
green.  I  invite  you  to  join  with  me  in  a  prayer  of  com- 
memoration and  thanksgiving.     Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  and  Everlasting  God  ! — the  Father  of  our  Spirits, 
the  dwelling  place  of  Thy  people  in  every  generation,  the  con- 
fidence of  the  ends  of  the  earth — we  look  unto  Thee  and  desire 
to  worship  Thee  in  spirit  and  in  truth  ;  in  devout  and  grateful 
affection  to  call  to  remembrance  all  Thy  loving  kindness,  all 
Thy  faithfulness,  and  Thy  great  deliverances  in  the  past.  We 
thank  Thee,  as  we  gratefully  make  mention  of  the  fathers  who 
planted  this  community.  We  thank  Thee  that  Thou  didst 
enable  them  to  plant  it  with  the  right  seed  ;  we  thank  Thee 
that  the  work  of  Thy  servants  has  from  a  humble  beginning 
grown  into  so  great  proportions  as  it  reaches  to-day.  Our 
Father  in  heaven,  we  give  Thee  thanks  that  their  aspirations 
have  been  so  largely  exceeded  ;  and  that  there  has  grown  up 
here  a  Christian  community,  strong  in  many  respects,  strong 
most  of  all  in  its  purposes  and  its  expectations  of  the  future  ; 
looking  with  hope  unto  the  best  ends  for  which  society  is 
organized,  and  seeking  the  favor  of  Almighty  God  unto  the 
remotest  generations.  We  thank  Thee,  O  our  Father  and 
our  God,  that  so  many  of  us  are  assembled  on  this  occasion, 
and  we  pray  that  as  we  are  talking  together  of  the  past  we 


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may  be  very  mindful  how  entirely  we  depend  upon  Thee  in 
the  present,  how  manifold  are  the  possibilities  of  the  future  and 
how  faithful  the  promises  on  which  our  hearts  have  taken 
hold.  Assist  us  in  the  services  of  this  hour  and  grant  unto  us 
and  unto  our  children  that,  walking  in  devoutness  before  God, 
loving  righteousness  and  pursuing  the  ways  of  peace,  we  may 
continue  to  make  increase  in  all  that  pertains  to  a  Christian 
church  and  a  Christian  community,  and  that  we  may  see  this 
Commonwealth  and  this  great  Nation  more  and  more  manifest- 
ing the  spirit  of  a  Christian  people,  a  great  and  glorious  peo- 
ple, who  have  a  mission  from  God  to  be  a  light  unto  the  nations 
of  the  earth. 

This  and  every  needful  blessing  we  ask  through  the  riches 
of  Thy  grace,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  My  friends,  the  senior  deacon  of  this 
church  will  present  a  paper  on  the  "  Limits  of  Stratfield 
Parish  as  Originally  Constituted."  He  is  himself,  as  I 
said  yesterday,  a  descendant  of  the  first  deacon  of  the 
church.  Deacon  Rowland  B.  Lacey. 

[The  address  of  Deacon  Lacey  was  delivered  from  manu- 
script at  this  point.] 


PAPER   OF   DEA.  ROWLAND   B.  LACEY. 

It  is  said  when  the  distinguished  Roger  Ludlow  of  the 
Connecticut  colony,  having  started  with  his  company  of 
followers  from  Hartford  to  occupy  and  hold  Uncoway 
(Fairfield)  against  the  encroachment  of  the  Dutch  of  New 
Amsterdam,  as  they  came  to  Pequonnock  he  here  paused 
to  rest  and  refresh  his  tired  flock  and  jaded  animals.  The 
Indians  had  long  had  their  corn  fields  on  the  extensive 
plain  now  known  as  our  "  west  end,"  and  on  Golden  hill 
plateau.  Ludlow  was  charmed  with  the  location — its  fine 
groves — the  beauty  and  fertility  of  its  open  fields,  and 
would  gladly  have  located  his  settlement  here — but  this 
he  could  not  do,  as  before  his  start  his  company  was  bound 
to  settle  at  Uncoway — and  that  was  his  objective  point. 
The  settlement  of  Stratford  was  made  at  about  the  same 


—71— 

time — both  as  a  result  of  the  successful  expedition  of  Cap- 
tain Mason  against  the  Pequots,  leaving-  the  shores  and 
fair  fields  of  Pequonnock  in  the  partial  occupancy  of  a  rem- 
nant of  the  conquered  Indians. 

The  enchanting  vision  of  the  beautiful  harbor  and  lands 
of  Pequonnock  remained  in  the  minds  of  these  adven- 
turers— was  rehearsed  abroad,  and  later  some  of  the  more 
enterprising  sons  of  Stratford  and  Fairfield  families  were 
joined  by  others  from  the  Connecticut  river  settlements 
and  from  Massachusetts  bay  in  acquiring  titles  to  Pequon- 
nock lands — and  the  Indians  were  restricted  to  Golden 
hill  and  the  fields  and  shores  immediately  south,  where 
they  long  remained  a  menace  to  the  infant  settlement  of 
Stratfield. 

The  division  line  between  the  two  ancient  towns  (of 
Stratford  and  Fairfield)  was  the  wide  street  identical  with 
the  present  Park  avenue,  commencing  near  tidewater  at  a 
point  near  Park  place  and  extending  northerly  about  eigh- 
teen miles  on  a  line  slightly  divergent  westerly  from  the 
meridian.  The  territory  occupied  was  about  equal  in  area 
on  either  side  of  this  center  line,  or  in  other  words  one-half 
in  Stratford  and  one-half  in  Fairfield — the  outer  limits  for 
some  years  remaining  rather  indefinite.  Two  other  roads 
were  opened  into  the  interior,  one  substantially  identical 
with  Main  street  north  of  Newtown  pike  and  the  other 
with  Clinton  and  Brooklawn  avenue  and  the  Easton  road. 

The  main  east  and  west  road  of  the  settlement  was  the 
old  New  York  and  Boston  stage  road,  otherwise  called 
"  King's  Highway,"  the  present  North  avenue.  On  the 
east  was  Pequonnock  river,  forming  an  excellent  harbor, 
lying  close  upon  the  bosom  of  Long  Island  Sound,  yet 
with  tide  water  of  good  depth,  extending  by  a  somewhat 
winding  channel  between  wooded  bluffs  far  inland,  so  land- 
locked as  to  be  protected  from  the  storms  and  enemies 
that  swept  and  infested  the  inland  sea.  From  this  terri- 
tory a  North  society  was  improvised  which  became  with 
contiguous  territory  North  Fairfield  parish  (now  Easton), 
and  Stratfield  was  confined  to  an  interior  depth  of  a  little 
more  than  four  miles. 


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It  is  not  my  province  to  rehearse  the  history  of  the  set- 
tlement. Suffice  it  to  say  it  had  the  elements  of  growth 
and  made  such  progress  that  the  General  Court  recognized 
the  propriety  in  May,  1701,  of  defining  its  limits,  more  par- 
ticularly its  western  boundary,  as  follows  : 

"  May,  I70I,  this  assembly  having  heard  and  considered 
the  petition  or  request  of  the  inhabitants  of  Fairfield  vil- 
lage— presented  to  them  by  Lieut.  James  Bennett,  desiring 
that  the  court  would  state  and  settle  for  them  a  line  for 
the  west  boundary  to  their  plantation,  etc.,  do  order  and. 
enact  that  the  line  to  be  the  west  boundary  of  the  said 
plantation  shall  run  so  that  it  may  take  in  and  include 
within  their  bounds  one  Moses  Jackson  Miller,  his  hous- 
ing and  lands,  and  run  on  the  west  side  of  old  Jackson's 
lots  (viz.),  pasture,  building  lot  and  long  lot  upwards  to 
the  northern  end  of  the  bounds  of  the  town  of  Fairfield, 
and  that  all  such  person  or  persons  as  have  built  or  shall 
build  and  inhabit  on  the  east  side  of  the  above  said  line, 
and  on  the  west  side  of  Pequonnock  river,  shall  pay  to  all 
public  charges  that  shall  arise  in  the  said  plantation  his 
ratable  part  thereof,  provided  always — That  this  act  shall 
in  no  wise  hinder  or  abridge  the  inhabitants  of  said  plan- 
tation of  using  and  holding  the  privilege  of  feeding  sheep 
to  the  westward  of  the  above  said  line,  as  it  was  granted 
to  them  formerly  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Fair- 
field ;  and  further  it  is  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid  : 
That  the  said  plantation  (formerly  called  Pequonnock  and 
Fairfield  village)  shall  for  the  future  be  called  by  the  name 
of  Stratfield. — Col.  Rec.  iv,  356. 

October,  1752 — by  act  of  the  General  Assembly — on  a 
memorial  of  the  Society,  these  limits  were  enlarged  on 
the  north  and  west,  and  further  defined  at  the  southwest 
border,  near  the  present  Burr  road  so-called.  Later 
New  Pasture  Point, — the  present  East  Bridgeport,  was 
included.  The  new  west  line  was  in  part  the  Morehouse 
highway,  being  the  second  highway  west  of  the  Division 
Road.  The  special  features  of  the  present  site  of  the  City 
of  Bridgeport  on  the  west  side  of  Pequonnock  river,  was 
the  commanding  eminence  of  Golden  Hill,  with  excellent 


—73— 

springs  of  pure  water  (well  known  to  the  Indians)  and  its 
beautiful  wide  expanse  for  an  upper  town  ;  now  so  well 
utilized  with  elegant  villas  and  happy  homes  of  more 
modest  size  and  architecture.  On  the  east  side  was  the 
fine  plateau  between  the  Pequonnock  and  Old  Mill 
stream,  its  extensive  fields  of  fine  pasture,  its  groves  of 
timber  and  high  wooded  bluffs  overlooking  the  harbor — 
of  which  the  elder  President  Dwight(of  Yale  College) 
thus  wrote  in  the  3d  vol.  of  his  travels,  in  1822  : 

"A  more  cheerful  and  elegant  piece  of  ground  can 
scarcely  be  imagined  than  the  point  which  stretches  be- 
tween the  Pequonnock  and  the  Old  Mill  brook  (East 
Bridgeport),  and  the  prospects  presented  by  the  harbors 
at  the  mouths  of  these  streams,  the  Sound  and  the  sur- 
rounding country,  are  in  a  fine  season  gay  and  brilliant, 
perhaps  without  a  parallel." 

Of  Bridgeport  at  this  period  he  wrote:  "There  is  not 
in  the  State  a  prettier  village  than  the  borough  of  Bridge- 
port. The  style  of  building  adopted  is  unusually  happy. 
None  of  the  houses  are  large  or  splendid,  but  almost  all 
of  them,  together  with  their  appendages,  leave  upon  the 
mind  an  impression  of  neatness  and  cheerfulness,  not  often 
found  elsewhere.  There  are  two  churches  in  this  village  ; 
an  Episcopal  and  a  Presbyterian  (Congregational) ;  both 
respectable  buildings, — appearing  like  twins  on  the  oppo- 
site sides  of  a  small  green.  The  two  parts  of  Bridgeport 
are  connected  by  a  bridge,  ninety  rods  in  length,  which 
crosses  the  Pequonnock  in  the  center  of  the  village,  and 
was  the  origin  of  its  name." 

The  fertile  plain  across  the  southern  border  of  the  ter- 
ritory at  the  distance  of  from  one  to  two  miles,  rises  into 
hills  and  thus  continues  gradually  twelve  or  fifteen  miles, 
affording  fine  agricultural  possibilities,  which  were  early 
utilized  to  a  greater  extent  than  to-day.  Old  Mill  hill  on 
the  east,  Grover  hill  and  Holland  heights  on  the  west, 
with  the  intervening  Beardsley  park  and  Spooner  park, 
with  concourse  and  observation  points,  attest  the  beauty 
and  grandeur  of  the  scenery,  wliile  the  rural  drives  and 


--74— 

walks  with  their  shades  and  seclusion  possess  an  unfailing 
charm. 

Time  has  demonstrated  the  beauty  and  excellence  of 
the  water  front  with  its  series  of  harbors,  charming  Sea- 
side park  and  its  boulevard. 

The  Newtown  and  New  Milford  turnpike,  and  later  the 
Housatonic  railroad,  by  their  immense  traffic,  demon- 
strated the  central  position  of  the  settlement,  and  the 
results  have  been  the  fulfilment  of  the  prophecy  made  by 
the  tarry  here  of  Ludlow,  and  his  evident  appreciation.   , 


ROLL  CALL  OF  ORIGINAL  MEMBERS  OF   THE 
STRATFIELD  CHURCH. 

RESPONDED   TO   BY   THEIR   DESCENDANTS. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Our  fathers  made  much  in  their  relig- 
ious faith  of  the  covenanted  mercies.  They  rejoiced  in 
the  Old  Testament  promises.  They  believed  that  their 
seed  should  continue,  and  instead  of  the  fathers  should  be 
the  children.  It  has  occurred  to  us  it  would  be  a  fitting 
service  this  morning  to  call  the  roll  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church  and  see  how  far  every  one  of  them  is 
represented  by  a  descendant.  To  that  we  now  propose 
to  address  ourselves.  Naturally  the  first  name  to  be 
called  should  be  that  of  Charles  Chauncey,  the  minister. 
He  is  the  only  one,  so  far  as  I  know,  who  has  no  repre- 
sentative to-day.  It  is  our  disappointment  because  we 
expected  Dr.  Chauncey  M.  Depew  would  be  here  to 
respond  for  his  distinguished  ancestor.  He  himself 
desired  to  do  so,  but  other  duties  have  prevented  him, 
and  so  far  as  I  am  aware  we  are  not  prepared  to  present 
a  representative  of  Charles  Chauncey,  but  this  church  is 
his  memorial,  and  his  name  is  identified  with  all  that  is 
good  among  us. 


—75— 

Richard  Hubbell,  Sen.  " Present'"^ 

Responded  to  by  Major  Howard  Gregory  Hubbell,  a 
descendant  of  the  eighth  generation. 

Isaac  Wheeler,  Sen.  '■'•  Present ^ 

Responded  to  by  Robert  E.  Wheeler,  a  child  of  this 
church  and  descendant  of  the  seventh  generation. 

James  Bennett.  '■'■  Present ^ 

Responded  to  by  Clarence  H.  Kelsey  in  accordance 
with  an  unbroken  family  tradition. 

Samuel  Beardsley.  "  Present^ 

Responded  to  by  Samuel  Fayerweather  Beardsley,  a 
descendant  of  the  eighth  generation. 

Samuel  Gregory.  ^'■Present'' 

Responded  to  by  Hon.  Morris  B.  Beardsley,  who  rep- 
resents Samuel  Beardsley  in  his  own  right,  and  Samuel 
Gregory  in  the  right  of  his  grandmother. 

Matthew  Sherman.  ^'  Present T 

Responded  to  by  James  Eaton  Beach  and  by  David 
Sherman  Beach,  descendants  of  the  seventh  generation. 

Richard  Hubbell,  Jun.  ''Presents 

Responded  to  by  Captain  H.  W.  Hubbell  of  the  United 
States  First  Artillery,  a  descendant  of  the  sixth  gener- 
ation. 

David  Sherman.  "  Present." 

David  Sherman  had  no  son.  From  one  of  the  daughters 
Deacon  R.  B,  Lacey  descended  and  makes  a  response. 

John  Odell,  Jun.  "  Present." 

Responded  to  by  Henry  R,  Parrott,  Chairman  of  the 
Society's  Committee,  descending  from  John  Odell  through 
his  grandfather's  mother. 

*  Each  representative,  as  he  responded,  came  forward  and  took  his  place 
in  a  line  from  right  to  left. 


-76- 

The  first  members  have  thus  demonstrated  their  right 
to  be  regarded  as  the  fathers  of  this  church.  We  might 
place  here  many  more  descendants  from  the  original 
nine,  some  descended  from  two  or  more  of  them.  We 
have  been  most  careful  to  place  those  only  whose  descent 
we  could  verify,  except  in  one  instance,  where  we  have 
been  obliged  to  rely  upon  tradition.  These  are  the  indi- 
cations of  the  faithfulness  of  the  God  who  remembers 
mercy  unto  thousands  of  generations.     (Applause.) 

We  will  unite  in  singing  the  1046th  hymn. 

The  hymn  was  rendered  by  the  choir. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Our  friends  who  have  just  appeared,  as 
they  represented  the  original  members,  have  a  right  to 
be  heard  for  themselves,  and  the  Hon.  Morris  B.  Beards- 
ley  has  now  an  opportunity  to  respond  for  them. 

Hon.  M.  B.  Beardsley  :  Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I 
confess  to  a  feeling  of  great  pride  as  I  arise  to  respond  on 
behalf  of  the  descendants  of  the  original  members  of  this 
grand  old  church  whose  Bi-Centennial  we  are  to-day  met 
to  celebrate.  I  have  never  entirely  forgotten  an  incident 
of  my  early  career  in  this  city.  I  was  a  candidate  for 
political  office,  and  my  opponent,  who  had  himself  come 
from  a  distant  State  shortly  before,  deprecated  the  fact 
that  a  new  comer  in  the  city — as  he  styled  me — should  so 
far  presume  as  to  contend  with  him  !  To-day,  standing 
here,  tracing  my  pedigree  back  directly  to  that  William 
Beardsley  who  was  the  first  deputy  to  the  General  Court 
from  Stratford,  and  who  gave  its  name  to  the  old  town, 
and  down  through  Samuel  Beardsley  and  Samuel  Greg- 
ory, two  of  the  nine  original  members  of  this  church,  and 
asked  to  speak  for  all  of  them,  1  have  my  vindication. 

It  is  a  felicitous  as  well  as  noteworthy  feature  that  at  a 
roll  call  we  are  able  to  muster  unbroken  ranks ;  that  after 
the  lapse  of  two  centuries  in  the  same  church  there  could 
be  found  members  of  each  of  those  original  families;  that 
they  are  members  in  good  standing  and  active — one  of 
them,  the  senior  deacon  of  the  church,  representing  the 


-77— 

first  deacon  of  the  old  church  ;  and  another,  Mr.  Parrott, 
after  a  third  of  a  century  of  service,  still  the  honored 
chairman  of  the  Society's  Committee. 

Surely  it  shows  sturdiness  of  race,  loyalty  in  church 
affiliations  and  no  evidence  of  family  deterioration. 

How  worthy  of  our  respect  and  grateful  remembrance 
are  those  pioneers  ! 

I  would  that  one  of  them  could  stand  in  my  place  and 
could  tell  you  their  story  ;  that  he  could  tell  you  of  the 
causes  which  led  them  to  separate  themselves  from  the 
older  villages  of  Stratford  and  Fairfield,  of  their  aspira- 
tions and  of  the  difficulties  which  beset  their  path;  how 
coming  into  this  comparative  wilderness  they  built  their 
homes,  and  then  to  meet  the  requirements  of  education 
and  public  worship  erected  the  school  house  and  the 
church  ;  how,  unterrified  by  hostile  Indians  and  undaunted 
by  the  opposition  of  their  former  white  friends  who  dis- 
liked to  lose  them  as  taxpayers,  and  in  the  face  of  obsta- 
cles which  we  their  descendants  would  consider  insur- 
mountable, they  laid  the  foundations  of  a  new  community. 

Our  pastor  in  his  masterly  historical  address  has  given 
us  the  fruits  of  his  researches,  and  has  laid  before  us  all 
that  has  been  preserved  in  the  records  of  those  years. 
With  rare  eloquence  he  has  pictured  to  us  what  manner 
of  men  they  were  and  enumerated  their  difficulties,  their 
triumphs  and  their  failures. 

They  seem  to  have  been  fair  samples  of  that  noble  race 
of  men  whom  God  raised  up  to  accomplish  his  work  in 
these  New  England  states — having  high  aims,  indomitable 
perseverance  and  lofty  character. 

They  held  together  this  little  community  for  a  century 
and  made  it  the  nucleus  around  which  gathered  that 
which  in  time  became  the  borough  and  then  the  city  of 
Bridgeport. 

From  the  first  the  influence  of  these  early  settlers  has 
been  felt,  and  their  history  and  that  of  their  descendants 
is  largely  the  history  of  Bridgeport. 

Neither  the  First  Church  nor  the  Congregational 
denomination    can    monopolize    this   occasion.     We    are 


-78- 

commemorating  the  natal  day  of  this  community,  and  it 
is  not  the  fault  of  those  in  charge  that  the  entire  city  is 
not  participating  in  them,  as  they  were  invited  to  do. 

These  men  did  not  come  here  to  form  a  church,  but  to 
make  homes,  and  the  school  house  and  the  church  came 
afterward  to  meet  their  growing  necessities.  They  were 
first  of  all  citizens  who  had  separated  from  the  communi- 
ties in  which  they  had  lived  and  came  here  to  form  one 
for  themselves. 

The  records  tell  of  their  struggles,  and  as  each  emer- 
gency arose  they  met  it. 

During  the  Revolutionary  war  they  formed  a  company 
and  took  the  field,  and  in  each  stirring  epoch  they  played 
well  their  part. 

Stratford  learned  that  they  had  outgrown  her  leading 
strings  when,  wearied  of  going  over  there  to  vote,  they 
adjourned  the  town  meeting  to  meet  here,  and,  as  Pharaoh 
of  old,  was  then  moved  to  "  let  them  go."  How  well  they 
have  succeeded  let  this  fair  city  attest.  Let  me  repeat  it. 
This  is  more  of  a  city  than  a  church  anniversary.  It 
should  be  a  civico-religious  holiday,  and  enlist  the  inter- 
est of  every  one. 

■  We  hear  many  pessimistic  utterances  regarding  our 
cities,  and  I  am  aware  that  Bridgeport  in  common  with 
her  sisters  has  and  will  have  difficulties  to  contend  with 
which  our  ancestors  never  dreamed  of,  but  I  have  faith  in 
the  American  people,  faith  that  as  they  have  overcome 
dangers  in  the  past  so  they  will  outlive  greater  ones  even 
if  they  must  come  in  the  future. 

I  believe  in  another  century  we  shall  find  the  old 
church  at  her  post,  and  in  the  midst  of  a  greater  Bridge- 
port, that  there  will  be  then  a  tri-centennial  celebration, 
on  broader  lines,  wherein  city  and  church  shall  have 
equal  parts. 

We  can  only  hope  when  that  day  comes  that  we  may 
be  able  to  receive  from  those  having  that  in  charge  a 
little  of  the  respect  and  esteem  and  gratitude  with  which 
we  look  back  on  our  predecessors  ;  and  that  we  may  feel 
that  though  it  was  not  for  us  to  found  the  city,  it  was  for 


—79— 

each  one  in  his  own  line,  and  in  his  own  humble  way,  to 
contribute  all  that  lay  in  his  power  to  beautify  and 
enlarge  and  develop  our  city.     (Applause.) 

THE    SAYBROOK     CONSTITUTION    AND    THE 
CONNECTICUT  CHURCHES. 

Prof.  George  P.  Fisher,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  New  Haven. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Charles  Chauncey,  the  first  minister  of 
this  church,  preached  the  Gospel  to  his  people  here, 
and  did  service  in  the  colony  of  Connecticut.  Among 
other  things  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Saybrook 
Convention  called  to  frame  an  ecclesiastical  constitution 
for  the  churches  of  Connecticut  by  the  authority  of  the 
General  Court.  I  felt  that  the  best  commemoration  we 
could  make  of  Charles  Chauncey  was  to  ask  Dr.  Fisher, 
the  Professor  of  Ecclesiastic  Divinity  in  Yale  Divinity 
School  and  a  scholar  of  world-wide  fame,  to  tell  us  in  a 
familiar  talk  something  about  the  true  significance  to  the 
State  of  Connecticut  of  the  Saybrook  Constitution.  I  am 
very  glad  to  introduce  Professor  Fisher  to  you. 

Prof.  Fisher:  Brethren,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  I 
sympathize  with  you  all  in  regret  at  the  absence  of  the 
Hon.  Chauncey  Depew,  who  was  once  a  pupil  of  mine 
at  Yale  College  and  whose  career  1  have  always  followed 
with  interest.  It  is  some  consolation  to  me,  however,  to 
reflect  that  the  theme  assigned  to  me  is  a  different  one 
from  that  which  he  would  have  taken  up  and  that  Mr. 
Depew  is  more  familiar  with  many  other  platforms  than 
he  is  with  the  platform  framed  at  Saybrook  (laughter). 
I  feel  honored  at  being  appointed  to  take  part  in  this  most 
interesting  anniversary ;  for  there  is  no  church  more 
deserving  of  respect  than  the  First  Church  in  Bridgeport. 
I  design  to  make  a  few  simple  statements  respecting  the 
ancient  constitution  of  the  churches  of  Connecticut,  which 
Mr.  Chauncey  took  part  in  framing.  You  will  remember 
that  Diedrich  Knickerbocker,  in  his  history  of  New  York, 


— 8o— 

begins  by  saying  that,  in  order  to  get  a  fair  start,  he  will 
go  back  to  Adam.  I  do  not  propose  to  go  back  quite  so 
far;  and  I  trust  1  shall  not  transgress  the  limits  of  time 
appointed  to  me;  for  I  must  go  back  a  little  way,  to 
remind  you  of  some  circumstances  connected  with  the 
early  settlement  of  New  England. 

There  were,  as  you  all  are  probably  aware,  two  very 
distinct  classes  of  settlers,  and  two  settlements,  on  the 
shores  of  New  England.  The  first  settlers  at  Plymouth 
were  out-and-out  Independents,  who  had  renounced  the 
established  Church  of  England,  and  all  its  ways.  The 
settlers,  or  great  body  of  settlers,  who  founded  Massa- 
chusetts and  Connecticut  were  non-conforming  members 
of  the  Church  of  England.  When,  however,  they  found 
themselves  on  these  shores,  and  framed  their  own  organi- 
zation to  suit  themselves,  they  found  themselves  substan- 
tially in  harmony  with  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth.  There 
was  always  developed,  however,  a  more  conservative 
type  of  Congregationalism  among  the  Puritan  settlers  of 
Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  than  characterized  the 
Pilgrims.  In  fact,  among  the  English  Independents  there 
were  two  types.  There  was  Brown,  the  founder  of  the 
Brownists,  the  class  under  which  the  Plymouth  settlers 
may  be  reckoned  ;  and  Barrow — a  martyr,  an  early  mar- 
tyr to  Congregational  principles — who  was  of  a  much 
more  conservative  turn.  Further,  among  the  settlers  of 
Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  there  appeared  in  process 
of  time  two  tendencies;  a  more  conservative  spirit,  and 
a  tendency  to  democracy  ;  and  these  tendencies  came  on 
occasions,  especially  as  you  draw  near  the  close  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  into  conflict.  The  organization  of 
our  churches  throughout  New  England  was  Congre- 
gational, and  each  church  had  a  pretty  complete  control 
of  its  own  affairs.  The  powers  of  the  ministers  or  elders 
were  very  great  compared  with  what  they  are  possessed 
of  at  the  present,  in  relation  to  the  body  of  the  church 
members;  but  each  church  elected  its  own  minister 
and  selected  him  without  any  aid  from  abroad  in  that 
matter.     Towards   the  end  of  the   seventeenth    century 


—81— 

there  appeared  in  Massachusetts  a  strong  conserva- 
tive feeling  and  movement,  and  in  1705  a  convention 
of  ministers  met  in  Boston,  the  Mathers  being  among 
the  leaders  in  this  movement,  who  drew  up  certain  pro- 
posals for  an  alteration  in  the  constitution  of  the  Congre- 
gational churches.  There  were  two  principal  measures 
which  they  recommended.  The  first  was  the  establish- 
ment of  an  association  of  ministers  for  the  licensure  of 
candidates  for  the  ministry  ;  and  the  second  was  the 
forming  of  a  standing  Council  to  take  part  in  the  ordina- 
tion and  installation  of  ministers. 

This  proposal,  although  it  was  favored  and  urged  by 
powerful  influences,  was  not  agreeable  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts people.  While  one  of  these  measures  was 
adopted  and  associations  of  ministers  were  formed  who 
licensed  candidates  for  the  pulpit,  the  second  measure, 
which  was  the  recommendation  of  a  standing  Council, 
was  not  adopted. 

But  in  Connecticut,  about  the  time  of  the  organization 
of  Yale  College  in  1701,  the  conservative  feeling  grew 
quite  strong,  and  there  was  a  desire  to  carry  out  those 
measures  in  regard  to  the  church  organization  which  were 
agreeable  to  the  mass  of  the  people.  In  1708,  largely 
through  the  influence  of  Governor  Saltonstall,  who  was  of 
that  way  of  thinking,  the  Colonial  Legislature  took  the 
first  steps  that  led,  during  that  year,  to  the  assembling 
of  the  Say  brook  Synod,  which  met  in  connection  with  the 
meeting  of  the  Corporation  of  Yale  College  at  Saybrook, 
and  framed  the  ancient  constitution  of  the  Connecticut 
churches. 

Now  one  of  the  members  of  that  synod — 1  suppose  the 
youngest — was  the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey.  He  must  by 
that  time  have  become  a  conservative — in  case  he  had 
ever  been  anything  different.  The  tradition  respecting 
the  Rev.  Israel  Chauncey,  his  father,  was  that  at  his  ordi- 
nation the  laying  on  of  hands  was  by  a  Mr.  Brinsmade,  a 
lay  elder,  who,  it  is  said — and  I  believe  the  tradition 
credible — wore  a  leather  mitten  on  the  occasion,  and 
hence  it  was  called  a  "  leather-mitten  ordination."  It  was 
6 


—82— 

thought  a  very  loose  and  objectionable  method  of  ordain- 
ing a  minister. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey  was,  however,  a  conserva- 
tive and  took  part  in  framing  the  Saybrook  S3aiod. 

Now  the  Presbyterians  and  Congregationalists  in  Eng- 
land in  1691  had  formed  a  confederacy  or  union  together, 
and  drawn  up  certain  heads  of  agreement  to  determine 
their  relations  to  one  another.  One  related  to  the  licens- 
ing of  ministers,  and  the  other  to  the  calling  of  councils, 
which  were,  however,  to  be  advisory  councils.  The  Say- 
brook  Synod  adopted  the  heads  of  agreement,  which  had 
been  framed  in  the  manner  I  have  stated  ;  and  they  also 
drew  up  a  platform  of  their  own. 

These  two  parts  of  the  Saybrook  constitution  were  not 
strictly  consistent.  There  was  a  compromise,  and  there- 
fore a  conflict  arose  on  the  interpretation  of  the  docu- 
ment composed  by  the  delegates  at  Saybrook  and  sanc- 
tioned by  the  legislature.  They  established  the  associa- 
tions of  ministers,  meeting  to  license  candidates  for  the 
ministry  ;  and  in  the  platform  they  departed  from  the 
provisions  of  the  heads  of  agreement  by  saying,  or 
appearing  to  say,  that  the  standing  council  which  they 
established,  or  the  consociation — which  was  a  council — 
should  have  authority  to  decide  questions  in  dispute,  and 
questions  relating  to  the  settlement  and  dismissal  of 
ministers.  Therefore  there  were  two  interpretations 
from  the  beginning;  a  strict  interpretation  —  a  more 
Presbyterian  interpretation — and  a  more  free  interpreta- 
tion, which  followed  the  substance  of  the  heads  of  agree- 
ment adopted  in  England. 

In  Fairfield  County  the  strict  interpretation — that  which 
gave  to  the  standing  council  of  the  Consociation  of 
churches  the  power  to  determine  questions  in  dispute 
— was  adopted  and  carried  into  effect.  It  found  approval 
also  in  some  other  counties.  Whereas  in  New  Haven 
County  the  Saybrook  constitution  was  accepted  only  with 
such  appended  interpretations, — appended  to  the  act  of 
acceptance — which  were  on  the  side  of  a  free  Congrega- 
tional system.     We  may  say  the  upshot  of  the  whole  mat- 


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ter  was,  that  a  constitution  in  a  degree  Presbyterian  was 
adopted  for  the  Congregational  churches  of  Connecticut, 
and  sanctioned  by  the  Legislature.  When  the  great 
revival  broke  out  there  was  occasion  for  further  legisla- 
tive interference  owing  to  the  zeal  of  the  revivalists  and 
the  measures  which  were  adopted  by  them  looking  to  the 
separation  of  churches.  The  laws  were  very  strict  in 
regard  to  what  were  called  "separatists."  Thus  the 
Colonial  legislature  ordained  that  no  minister  should 
preach  within  the  bounds  of  any  parish  in  Connecticut 
without  the  consent  of  the  minister  thereof,  a  penalty 
being  attached  for  any  violation  of  that  law.  The  Rev. 
Dr.  Finley,  who  was  afterwards  president  of  Princeton 
College,  was  arrested  in  the  town  of  Fairfield,  by  a  sheriff, 
for  preaching  within  the  parish  of  the  minister  of  Fair- 
field. He  was  taken  to  New  Haven,  where  he  was  com- 
pelled, on  the  Lord's  day,  to  attend  a  regular  Congrega- 
tional service  ;  and  the  next  day  was  set  by  the  sherifi 
beyond  the  bounds  of  the  colony.  Those  were  the  "good 
old  days  "  when  the  conservatives  ruled.  Such  was  the 
origin  of  the  Saybrook  platform,  in  the  framing  of  which 
the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey  took  part. 

Now,  a  few  words — for  I  must  not  take  up  your  time 
with  these  reminiscences — respecting  the  working  and 
operation  of  that  constitution.  Well,  it  is  the  old  conflict 
between  conservatism  and  democracy.  The  tendency  of 
Congregationalism  has  been  sometimes  towards  aristoc- 
racy, but  more  and  more  towards  democracy.  For  a  cen- 
tury after  the  settlement  of  New  England  the  elders  and 
ministers  of  the  church  had  concurrent  jurisdiction  with 
the  members.  No  important  measures,  except  in  great 
emergencies,  would  be  passed  without  the  concurrence 
of  the  senate  and  house,  the  minister  and  the  church 
members. 

Were  there  time,  I  would  speak  of  what  is  called  "the 
half-way  covenant,"  which  was  an  attempt  to  turn  the  Con- 
gregational church  into  the  likeness,  so  far  as  practicable, 
of  the  English  parish.  These  questions  were  not  theolog- 
ical, they  were  ecclesiastical.     The  churches  were  pretty 


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well  agreed  for  a  long  period,  certainly  for  a  century,  in 
regard  to  their  theological  opinions. 

As  to  the  general  effect  and  influence  of  the  Saybrook 
platform  on  our  Congregationalism,  I  myself  am  inclined 
to  take  a  favorable  view.  There  was  some  friction  no 
doubt  in  connection  with  it ;  some  oppressive  measures  no 
doubt  were  taken.  But  these  were  aside  from  the  main 
drift  of  events.  One  effect  of  that  constitution,  by  which 
the  Consociations  were  created,  was  to  bring  the  churches 
of  Connecticut  into  closer  relation  with  the  Presbyterian 
church,  than  were  sustained  by  Congregationalists  else- 
where in  New  England.  Generally  one  consequence  of 
this  fact  was  that  as  our  people  went  out  into  New  York 
and  into  the  states  further  West,  they  affiliated  easily 
with  the  Presbyterians,  and  a  plan  of  union  was  estab- 
lished somewhat  after  the  fashion  of  the  heads  of  agree- 
ment which  were  framed  at  an  early  date  in  England 
between  the  Presbyterians  and  Congregationalists.  The 
effect  of  this  plan  of  union  was  that  the  Congregational- 
ists and  Presbyterians  were  united  in  maintaining  and 
diffusing  the  gospel.  No  doubt  the  results  were  strongly 
in  favor  of  the  spread  of  the  Presbyterian  polity.  Pres- 
byterianism,  therefore,  prevailed  very  extensively  in  New 
York  and  the  states  farther  westward.  This  concession 
was  made  by  the  New  England  Congregationalists  in  the 
interest  of  peace  and  fraternity. 

I  am  aware  that  in  modern  days  our  Congregational 
writers  have  generally  held  that  the  plan  of  union  was  a 
mistake,  and  that  it  contributed  to  the  building  up  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  to  the  detriment  of  Congregational- 
ism in  this  country.  But  for  one  I  am  not  sure  that  this 
is  the  correct  view  to  take.  But  for  some  arrangement 
of  this  kind  the  Presbyterians  and  Congregationalists 
would  have  been  rival  and  conflicting  sects,  whereas  this 
for  the  time  was  avoided. 

Then  from  another  point  of  view  the  fact  should  be 
noted  that  New  England  principles  and  New  England 
ways  of  thinking  have  largely  leavened  the  Presbyterian- 
ism   of  New   York  and   of  the   western    states;  and   had 


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there  been  from  the  beo^inning-  an  antagonism  between 
these  two  parties,  then  the  Presbyterian  church  would  be 
— well,  be  worse  than  it  is  now  (loud  laughter) — would 
certainly  have  been  quite  different  from  what  it  actually  is. 
Now  I  have  made  statements  such  as  I  have  made  to 
my  class  at  home,  and  I  will  not  prolong  them.  I  will 
simply  say  that  this  semi-Presbyterian  arrangement  in 
Connecticut — which  in  1784  came  to  an  end  by  legislative 
measures — so  far  as  it  resulted  in  the  closer  fellowship  of 
the.  churches  here,  and  in  the  effects  which  I  have 
described,  worked  by  no  means  badly.  This  conjunc- 
tion of  the  Congregationalist  and  the  Presbyterian  is  an 
example  of  that  influence  which  New  England  has  exerted 
through  this  land.  It  has  not  gone  out  as  the  champion 
of  small  things  or  of  ecclesiastical  bigots.  It  has  con- 
tented itself  with  being  the  nursery  of  men  and  the  nur- 
sery of  principles.     (Loud  applause.) 


THE  MEMORY  OF   THE    FATHERS  THE  INSPI- 
RATION OF  THEIR  CHILDREN. 

Hon.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford,  Chicago,  III. 

Dr.  Palmer:  One  of  the  most  significant  gifts  ever 
bestowed  upon  this  church  was  that  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Blatchford,  whose  pictures  hang  in  the  middle  of  that 
side  of  the  church ;  who  came  here  towards  the  end  of 
the  last  century.  We  are  happy  in  having  with  us  to-day 
the  Hon.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford,  of  Chicago,  a  grand- 
son of  that  pastor,  and  the  son  of  another  pastor,  whose 
pictures  hang  nearer  the  rear  of  the  building.  He  has 
come  in  filial  affection  to  speak  to  us  to-day  ;  has  come  all 
the  way  from  Chicago,  out  of  a  very  busy  life.  I  know 
3'ou  will  be  glad  to  hear  him.  I  have  the  pleasure  of 
presenting  to  you  Mr.  Blatchford,  a  business  man  of  Chi- 
cago, President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary,  and  Vice-President  of  the  Ameri- 
can Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreisfn  Missions. 


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Hon.  Eliphalet  W.  Blatchford  :  Members  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Bridgeport  and  the  other 
churches  who  have  united  in  this  celebration,  ladies  and 
gentlemen — While  realizing  that  the  invitation  to  address 
you  at  this  time  is  due  only  to  my  being  the  son  and  the 
grandson  of  two  of  the  honored  pastors  of  this  church, 
I  am  still  deeply  sensible  of  the  honor  conferred.  The 
request  to  speak,  with  the  programme  already  printed, 
came  to  me  as  a  surprise  shortly  before  leaving  home.  It 
was  accompanied  by  a  letter  from  your  pastor  indicating 
the  attractive  place  assigned  me  between  the  eminent 
Professor  of  History  and  the  President  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity. With  all  deference  to  your  pastor's  judgment,  I  may 
confidentially  say  to  you  that  while  the  honor  is  great, 
the  trial  to  a  simple  layman  is  somewhat  appalling. 

The  thoughtful  and  scholarly  historical  address  to 
which  we  listened  yesterday  has  given  to  the  theme 
assigned  me — "The  memory  of  the  Fathers  the  inspira- 
tion of  the  children  " — a  new  and  deeper  meaning.  While 
listening  to  the  simple  records  of  the  successive  pastor- 
ates, I  was  deeply  impressed  with  the  power  of  the  work 
of  a  Church  of  Christ  continued  steadily  through  two  cen- 
turies. No  great  achievement,  as  the  world  calls  great- 
ness, but  a  persistent  holding  up  through  poverty,  trial, 
self-denial,  opposition,  political  exigencies,  national  revo- 
lutions, foreign  and  civil  war,  of  that  banner  which  is  one 
day  to  float  victorious  over  a  world  redeemed.  My 
brother,  and  members  of  this  and  affiliated  churches,  in 
rescuing  from  the  mist  of  time  the  facts  which  outline  the 
life  of  this  Bridgeport  church  for  two  hundred  years,  you 
are  doing  a  work  whose  influence  extends  far  beyond  this 
place  and  time  ;  you  are  bringing  to  many  who  are  battling 
for  the  same  truth  in  this  and  other  lands,  courage,  cheer, 
faith  in  the  promises  of  God,  and  recognition  of  His  guid- 
ing providences. 

I  feel  the  topic  of  the  hour  suggests  my  presenting  facts 
connected  with  the  life  of  my  grandfather — Rev.  Samuel 
Blatchford,  pastor  of  this  church  from  1797  to  1804,  and 
also  of  my  father — Rev.  John  Blatchford,  also   pastor  of 


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this  church  from  1831  to  1836.  I  am  indebted  for  the  facts 
relating  to  my  grandfather  to  an  autobiographical  sketch, 
privately  printed  by  my  cousin,  Samuel  Blatchford,  late 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States. 

Samuel  Blatchford  was  an  Englishman,  born  at  Ply- 
mouth Dock,  now  Devonport,  opposite  Plymouth,  1767, 
of  parents  "  both  of  whom  were  eminent  for  piety."  "  By 
them,"  he  writes,  "  I  was  early  devoted  to  the  service  of 
the.  sanctuary,  should  it  please  God  to  make  me  a  sub- 
ject of  divine  grace,  and  my  studies  were  directed  with 
special  reference  to  that  object."  His  studies  in  the 
ancient  languages  were  pursued  with  special  thorough- 
ness, thus  laying  the  foundation  for  his  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful career  as  a  classical  teacher. 

In  the  autobiography  some  facts  are  stated,  which,  as 
they  touch  upon  national  as  well  as  personal  interests,  I 
will  read.  They  occurred  when  he  was  about  ten  years 
old: 

"  About  this  time  the  American  Revolution  commenced, 
an  event  which  excited  the  interest  of  all  Europe,  and 
brought  forward,  even  in  England,  many  open  friends  to 
the  claims  of  America,  and  the  rights  and  libert}^  of  the 
Provinces.  Among  these  were  my  relatives,  who  distin- 
guished themselves,  as  Providence  gave  them  opportunity, 
by  manifesting  the  sincerity  of  their  zeal.  This  was  par- 
ticularly the  case  with  the  Reverend  Robert  Heath,  my 
mother's  eldest  brother,  who,  together  with  my  mother, 
essentially  ameliorated  the  suffering  of  the  American  pris- 
oners who  were  confined  in  Mill  Prison  at  Dartmoor. 
From  their  own  resources  they  advanced  considerable 
sums,  until,  at  length,  a  benevolent  association  was  formed 
in  London,  for  this  purpose.  On  referring  to  a  letter 
which  I  received  from  m3'  uncle  Heath,  dated  February 
I3»  I797>  I  find  that  the  Marquis  of  Rockingham,  the 
Duke  of  Richmond,  and  several  other  conspicuous  char- 
acters were  at  the  head  of  this  noble  institution."*     "  It 

*  These  facts  were  corroborated  by  the  testimony  of  Lord  Houghton,  given 
to  me  personally. 


was  at  the  request  of  these  noblemen,"  writes  Mr.  Heath, 
"who  formed  the  committee  of  this  society,  that  I  under- 
took to  distribute  such  subscriptions  as  might  be  raised 
for  this  purpose  of  benevolence.  That  which  I  was  privi- 
leged in  doing  afforded  me  sincere  pleasure,  for  they 
were  in  a  state  in  which  they  could  not  help  themselves." 
"  The  assistance  was  sometimes  conveyed  by  Mr.  Heath's 
direct  agency,  and  sometimes  I  was  employed,  as  being 
by  my  youth  less  subject  to  suspicion.  In  consequence 
of  this,  I  was  compelled  to  spend  portions  of  several  days 
in  each  week  in  that  prison  where  our  American  brethren 
were  treated  rather  as  rebels  against  the  government  than 
as  prisoners  of  war.  The  kindness  with  which  I  was 
received  by  these  poor  fellows,  and  the  frequent  conver- 
sations which  I  held  with  them  relative  to  their  country 
and  their  homes,  awakened  within  me  feelings  by  no 
means  transient,  and  led  me,  at  that  early  age,  to  deter- 
mine that,  when  I  became  a  man,  I  would  choose  my  resi- 
dence in  America.  I  well  remember  their  expression  of 
gratitude  ;  and  their  sincerity  was  testified  by  the  numer- 
ous little  presents  which  I  constantly  received  from  them, 
consisting  of  carved  boxes,  box  inkstands  and  miniature 
ships,  beautifully  rigged. 

The  spiritual  wants  of  these  poor  fellows  were  not 
neglected,  Bibles  and  hymn  books  were  distributed 
among  them,  and  Mr.  Heath  would  frequently  address 
them  on  the  subject  of  religion.  Nor  did  the  charities  of 
these  benevolent  individuals  stop  here.  Retreats  were 
provided  for  such  as  fortunately  should  make  their  escape. 
Among  these  happy  few  was  the  late  Captain  Smedley, 
collector  of  customs  at  the  port  of  Fairfield,  in  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  concealed  in  the  house  of  a  Mrs.  Chenough, 
whither  I  have  often  been  sent  with  means  of  relief  for 
him  and  others. 

Before  an  opportunity  arose  for  forwarding  those  con- 
cealed at  Mrs.  Chenough's  to  Holland,  on  their  way  to 
America,  the  following  circumstance  occurred  :  A  gentle- 
man, captain  of  a  vessel  of  war,  but  whose  name  I  do  not 
recollect,  had  been  secreted  at  my  father's  until  the  search 


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after  him  was  supposed  to  be  over.  To  effect  his  return,  it 
was  determined  that  he  should  accompany  my  uncle  and 
my  mother  to  London.  A  post-chaise  received  them  about 
three  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  they  traveled  unmolested 
as  far  as  Haldown  Heath,  an  extensive  common  of  flinty 
soil,  between  Plymouth  Dock  and  Exeter,  when,  hearing 
the  trampling-  of  horses,  my  uncle  perceived,  from  the 
glass  in  the  back  of  the  chaise,  that  a  company  of  horse- 
men was  pursuing  them.  In  this  extremity,  the  expe- 
dient was  adopted  of  placing  the  fugitive  on  the  bottom 
of  the  carriage  and  concealing  him  with  their  cloaks. 
The  company,  having  overtaken  them,  caused  the  postil- 
lion to  stop.  Observation  was  made  by  the  officer,  and 
the  company  passed  on,  after  having  made  an  apology  for 
detaining  them.  They  now  hoped  to  meet  with  no  fur- 
ther molestation,  but  soon  perceived  that  the  horsemen 
had  halted,  and  were  waiting  the  coming  up  of  the  car- 
riage. The  postillion  was  again  ordered  to  stop,  the  for- 
mer process  was  repeated,  and  they  then  passed  on 
towards  the  city.  Whether  the  fugitive  was  really  being 
pursued  or  not,  could  not  be  ascertained.  My  uncle 
thought  it  prudent,  instead  of  going  to  the  city,  to  enter 
the  lower  suburbs  and  proceed  immediately  to  the  town 
of  Collumpton,  about  twelve  miles  distant,  on  the  Bristol 
road.  At  Collumpton  they  changed  carriages,  and  reached 
London  in  safety.  My  mother,  who  was  a  woman  of  timid 
make,  although  not  apprehensive  at  the  time  of  suffering 
any  evil  effects  from  her  fright,  underwent,  in  consequence 
of  it,  a  severe  attack  of  illness.  She  was  removed  from 
the  carriage  to  her  bed  at  her  brother's,  Mr.  Richard 
Heath's,  and  was  unable  to  leave  it  for  a  space  of  six 
weeks." 

I  will  not  longer  linger  over  the  details  of  the  early  life 
of  Dr.  Blatchford.  His  first  distinct  religious  impressions 
commenced  when,  between  eight  and  nine  years  old,  he 
listened  to  a  sermon  from  the  words,  "  The  Master  is 
come  and  calleth  for  thee."  "  About  the  age  of  twelve," 
he  writes,  "the  Lord  was  pleased,  as  I  humbly  hope,  to 
further   by  His   own    spirit  the  word  of   grace.     It  was 


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under  the  preaching  of  a  colleague  of  Mr.  Kinsman's,  a 
Mr.  Dunn,  from  Psalm  80,  verse  19,  "  Turn  us  again,  O 
Lord  God  of  Hosts,  cause  Thy  face  to  shine,  and  we 
shall  be  saved."  My  distress  was  very  great,  and  m}'' 
affliction  called  forth  the  solicitude  of  my  parents.  My 
father  urged  upon  me  the  great  truths  of  the  gospel,  as 
the  claim  which  God  had  upon  the  hearts  of  His  creatures, 
the  necessity  of  regeneration,  and  the  certainty  of  salva- 
tion to  all  who  should  obtain  reconciliation  with  God 
through  the  merits  of  the  sacrifice  of  Christ.  These 
prayers  and  exhortations  were,  I  trust,  instrumental  in 
causing  me  to  seek,  and,  as  I  trust,  to  obtain  a  hope 
which  will  never  make  me  ashamed.  Now  was  I  pecu- 
liarly delighted  with  the  idea  of  being,  at  some  future 
time,  honored  of  God  by  entering  the  ministry." 
He  pays  a  beautiful  tribute  to  this  Christian  father : 
"  Previously,  however,  to  my  removal  from  Willington, 
it  pleased  God  to  visit  my  dear  father  with  a  disease 
which  terminated  in  his  death.  He  was  a  rich  partaker 
in  the  grace  of  God,  lived  much  in  the  fellowship  with 
the  Father  and  with  his  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and,  in  the  sixty- 
third  year  of  his  age,  terminated  his  earthly  pilgrim- 
age, and  entered  into  that  rest  which  remaineth  for  the 
people  of  God — an  inheritance  incorruptible,  undefiled, 
and  that  fadeth  not  away.  He  was  a  most  affectionate 
parent.  My  last  interview  with  him  I  can  never  forget. 
He  took  me  with  him  to  Mount  Batton,  a  favorite  retreat, 
about  half  a  mile  from  Plymouth  Dock.  After  having 
spent  a  considerable  time  there,  during  which  we  experi- 
enced mingled  emotions  of  pleasure  and  pain,  we  set  out 
on  our  return.  Having  reached  a  retired  field,  I  received 
his  last  advice,  and,  while  we  knelt  down  together  on 
the  sod,  he  renewedly  dedicated  me  to  God,  and  solemnly 
implored  the  blessing  of  a  covenant  God  and  Father  to 
rest  upon  a  beloved  son  whom  he  expected  never  to  see 
agam  in  this  vale  of  tears,  this  land  of  separation." 

Time  forbids  dwelling  on  his  student  life,  his  entering 
on  the  ministry,  his  faithful  labors  at  places  in  Devon- 
shire, and  finally  his  call  to  the  work  in  this  country.     A 


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passage  from  the  autobiography,  of  historic  interest,  as 
illustrating  British  ecclesiastical  and  colonial  expedients,  I 
will  read.  Whether  such  illustration  forms  part  of  the 
Church  "  history  "  of  your  honored  guest,  I  know  not  : 

"  Previously  to  our  marriage,  an  invitation  was  pre- 
sented to  me,  through  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lake,  of  London,  to 
accompany  Lord  Dorchester  to  Canada,  to  the  governor- 
ship of  which  he  was  appointed.  The  design,  which  was 
originated  by  Charles  James  Fox,  was  to  establish,  under 
the  patronage  of  the  British  government,  a  Presbyterian 
Church,  with  privileges  equal  to  those  enjoyed  by  the 
Episcopal  Church,  in  order  to  induce  persons  to  emigrate 
from  the  United  States  to  Canada.  The  salary  offered 
was  i^300  sterling  per  annum,  with  other  emoluments,  and 
I  was  to  be  returned  at  the  expense  of  the  government  if 
dissatisfied  with  the  situation.  This  offer  was  declined, 
on  account  of  the  opposition  of  my  intended  wife's 
friends.  After  this,  a  second  proposition,  of  a  similar 
nature,  was  made  to  me,  but,  for  similar  reasons  as  before, 
I  again  declined,  and  Lord  Dorchester  sailed  without  me. 
The  design  of  countenancing  Presbyterianism  in  Canada, 
with  equal  privileges  with  those  enjoyed  by  Episcopa- 
lianism,  has,  I  believe,  from  that  time,  been  abandoned." 

On  the  nineteenth  of  June,  just  a  century  ago  next  week, 
Dr.  Blatchford  set  sail  from  Exmouth,  Devonshire,  for 
New  York,  which  they  reached  after  a  voyage  of  forty- 
three  days. 

After  various  experiences,  strange,  some  of  them  pain- 
ful to  one  who  had  been  familiar  only  with  the  settled 
customs  of  Old  England,  he  found  his  first  settlement  at 
Bedford,  New  York,  whence  in  1796  he  was  invited  to 
Connecticut.  The  interesting  and  important  relation 
subsisting  between  the  parish  of  Stratfield,  to  which  Dr. 
Blatchford  was  called,  and  the  Bridgeport  church,  as 
presented  at  this  celebration,  as  also  the  references  to  the 
distinguished  ancestor  of  the  honored  President  of  Yale 
University,  who  graces  this  anniversary  with  his  presence 
and  words,  prompts  me  to  read  one  more  passage  from 
this  autobiographical  sketch  : 


—92— 

"  Early  in  the  succeeding  year,  1796,  I  received  an  invi- 
tation to  spend  a  Sabbath  at  Greenfield,  Fairfield  County, 
Connecticut,  where  was  settled  the  late  Reverend  Dr. 
Dwight,  who,  by  a  display  of  talents  of  the  very  first 
order,  diligence,  a  fine  and  cultivated  taste,  and  an  untar- 
nished character  for  piety  and  zeal  in  his  Master's  cause, 
had  secured  to  himself  a  high  reputation.  My  preaching 
in  this  place  elicited  from  the  church  and  congregation  an 
invitation  to  preach  for  them,  and  the  following  commu- 
nication was  forwarded  to  me  :  "  At  a  meeting  legally 
warned  and  held  in  the  parish  of  Greenfield,  the  ist  day 
of  April,  1796 — Daniel  Sherwood,  Moderator.  Voted 
unanimously,  to  invite  the  Reverend  Mr.  Blatchford,  for 
one  year,  to  preach  for  said  parish.  Voted,  to  give  Mr. 
Blatchford  ^^"160  currency,  for  his  services  for  said  year. 
Voted,  to  give  Mr.  Blatchford  $20,  to  defray  his  expenses 
in  removing  to  Greenfield.  Hezekiah  Bradley,  Society's 
Clerk."  After  taking  the  advice  of  my  brethren,  and 
spreading  the  whole  affair  before  the  throne  of  Divine 
Grace,  for  direction  in  the  path  of  duty,  I  came  to  the  res- 
olution of  accepting  their  invitation,  with  the  privilege  of 
being  bound  by  this  agreement  no  longer  than  six  months, 
if  any  circumstances  should  occur  to  render  my  removal 
desirable.  During  this  period,  I  was  introduced  to  my 
excellent  friend  Dr.  Dwight,  who  requested  me,  whenever 
1  came  to  New  Haven,  to  make  his  house  my  home.  I 
was  present  at  the  Commencement  of  Yale  College  next 
ensuing,  and,  at  the  request  of  gentlemen  belonging  to 
the  United  Society  of  Whitehaven  and  Fairhaven,  which 
pulpits  were  then  vacant,  I  preached  for  them  a  few  Sab- 
baths, in  exchange.  An  intimation  was  then  given  that  it 
would  be  desirable,  if  it  might  be  done  consistently,  that 
I  should  yield  my  engagement  in  Greenfield,  and  take 
into  consideration  the  wishes  of  the  people  thus  infor- 
mally expressed.  This  request  I  thought  it  my  duty  not 
to  comply  with.     I  accordingly  continued  at  Greenfield. 

Early  in  the  year  1797,  I  received  the  following  extracts 
from  the  records  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Presbyterian 
Society  at  Stratfield,  Connecticut:     "  At  a  meeting  of  the 


—93— 

members  of  the  Presbyterian  Society  at  Stratfield,  Conn., 
legally  warned  and  held  at  their  meeting  house,  February 
15th,  1797,  Joseph  Strong,  Esq.,  Moderator,  a  motion  is 
made,  whether  the  society  wish  to  call  a  candidate  for  set- 
tlement in  the  ministry.  Voted,  they  do.  Voted,  that 
Richard  Hubbell,  Deacon  Seth  Seelye,  Stephen  Summers, 
Aaron  Havvle}^,  Benjamin  Wheeler,  and  Lambert  Lock- 
wood  be  a  committee  to  look  out  for  a  candidate  and  make 
report.  Voted,  this  meeting  adjourn  until  Monday  next, 
at  4  o'clock,  P.  M."  "  February  2oth,  1797.  Met  again, 
agreeable  to  adjournment.  Moderator  being  absent, 
voted,  that  Capt.  Amos  Hubbell  be  Moderator  pro  tem. 
Motioned,  that,  from  specimens  we  have  had,  we  admire 
the  Reverend  Mr.  Blatchford  as  a  preacher,  and  wish  for 
further  opportunity  to  determine  whether  it  may  not  ap- 
pear for  mutual  good  that  he  take  charge  of  this  church 
and  society  as  pastor.  Voted  unanimousl3^  Motioned, 
that  our  committee  for  the  purpose  of  looking  out  a  can- 
didate be,  and  they  hereby  are,  recommended  to  said  Mr. 
Blatchford,  with  directions  to  offer  him  at  the  rate  of  $500 
for  one  year,  commencing  his  labors  with  us  next  spring ; 
and,  further,  we  agree,  that  if,  after  his  being  with  us  six 
months,  we  do  not  mutually  covenant  with  him  on  some 
more  permanent  footing,  he  may  either  leave  us  then  or 
continue  through  the  year.  Voted  unanimously.  Meet- 
ing adjourned  without  day.  A  true  copy  from  the 
records.     Lambert  Lockwood,  Clerk." 

Of  his  ministr}^  here  statements  made  indicate  a  life  of 
labor  and  enjoyment.     He  writes  : 

"  I  had  also  succeeded  the  Reverend  Dr.  Day,  the 
present  President  of  Yale  College,  as  instructor  in  an 
academy  at  Greenfield,  and,  previous  to  my  formal 
acceptance  of  the  invitation  from  Stratfield,  I  made  some 
stipulations  with  the  committee  from  thence,  other  than 
those  expressed  in  the  call — such  as,  building  an  edifice 
proper  for  an  academy,  as  I  was  desirous  of  instructing 
some  youth  in  classical  literature,  as  an  additional  means 
of  support  for  my  numerous  family.  These  arrangements 
being  made,  I  removed  to  Stratfield.     I  succeeded  in  my 


—94— 

plans,  and  the  school  flourished.  I  was  installed  by  the 
Association  of  Fairfield  East,  and  we  all  felt  happy  in  our 
new  situation.  We  occupied  a  house  situated  in  the 
western  part  of  the  town,  commonly  called  Stratfield  or 
Pequonic." 

In  January,  1804,  Dr.  Blatchford  received  an  invitation 
to  take  charge  of  the  Presbyterian  churches  ot  Lansing- 
burgh  and  Waterford,  New  York.  After  much  consider- 
ation he  accepted  the  call.     He  writes  : 

"  The  field  of  usefulness  was  more  extended  than  the 
one  in  which  I  was  then  laboring,  and  the  means  of  sup- 
port more  ample,  which,  on  account  of  my  large  family, 
was  exceedingly  desirable."  (He  was  the  father  of 
seventeen  children,  of  whom  twelve  reached  mature 
years.)  In  this  sketch  he  speaks  warmly  of  his  relations 
with  this  church,  and  the  Associations  of  Fairfield  East 
and  West,  making  affectionate  mention  of  "  Drs.  Edwards, 
Trumbull,  Ely,  and  Ripley,  together  with  Messrs.  Eliot, 
Stebbins,  Pinneo,  Rexford,  and  Huntington  (of  Middle- 
town),  also  Drs.  Perkins,  Lewis,  Burnet,  Shea  and  many 
others,  and  among  those  toward  whom  the  sense  of  obliga- 
tion must  remain,  while  kindness  can  make  any  impres- 
sion on  my  heart." 

After  an  honored  ministry  in  the  churches  of  Lansing- 
burgh  and  Waterford,  of  twenty -four  3^ears  on  March  17, 
1828,  Samuel  Blatchford  went  to  his  eternal  home,  dying 
as  he  had  lived,  in  the  firm  hope  of  a  triumphant  entrance 
upon  a  blessed  immortality.  He  was  honored  by  the 
church,  of  which  he  was  the  faithful  pastor,  by  the  acad- 
emy, of  which  he  was  the  able  and  successful  principal, 
by  Union  College,  of  which  he  was  an  instructor  and  head 
of  the  Examining  Board,  and  by  the  denomination,  from 
which  he  received  the  highest  tokens  of  respect  and 
regard. 

My  father,  John  Blatchford,  who  filled  this  pulpit  from 
1829  to  1836,  was  the  sixth  son  and  tenth  child  of  Samuel 
Blatchford,  and  was  born  at  Newfield  (now  Bridgeport) 
on  May  24,  1799,  during  his  father's  pastorate  here.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  converted  and  united  with 


—95— 

the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lansingburgh,  under  his 
father's  ministry.  He  graduated  from  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  in  1820,  and  in  '23  from  the  Seminar)'-  at 
Princeton.  After  brief  pastorates  at  Pittstown,  and  Still- 
water, New  York,  in  1829  he  accepted  a  call  to  this 
church  in  his  native  place,  twenty-five  years  after  his 
father  had  closed  his  ministry  here. 

Of  the  six  years  as  pastor  of  this  church  I  have  no 
written  I'ecords.  My  boyhood  memory,  however,  brings 
before  me  many  a  picture  which  throws  a  halo  about 
persons  and  places  associated  with  this  life.  These  mem- 
ories, fragmentary  though  they  be,  are  summoned  back 
by  many  names  familiar  to  me  on  the  long  roll-call  of  this 
church.  Hubbell,  Hawley,  Beardsley,  Sherwood,  Ster- 
ling, Thacher,  Wheeler,  VVordin,  Burton,  Burr,  Thomp- 
son and  Baldwin. 

Up  to  the  end  of  their  lives,  my  father  and  mother  ever 
cherished  tender  memories  of  their  Bridgeport  life  ;  and 
the  kindness  ever  experienced  was  often  the  theme  in  our 
family  circle. 

Permit  me  two  reminiscences  of  these  early  years,  first 
the  death  of  a  beautiful  brother,  next  me  in  age — my  first 
grief — the  mystery  of  death — death  entering  our  own 
little  nursery.  And  with  it  too,  assuaging  its  bitterness, 
the  memory  of  tenderest  sympathy  poured  out  like  a  ben- 
ediction by  the  members  of  this  church. 

The  second — a  grief  too,  but  different — a  parting  with 
an  infant-school  teacher,  tenderly  loved — who  was  mar- 
ried in  this  church  to  Rev.  Mr.  Armstrong,  then  under 
appointment  of  the  American  Board  as  Missionary  to  the 
Sandwich  Islands.  How  my  young  heart  swelled  almost 
to  bursting  at  that  parting  !  It  was  a  memorable  gift 
Christianity  gave  to  Heathendom  in  Armstrong.  You 
all  remember  the  glorious  work  he  did  in  those  islands  in 
church  and  state,  and  the  noble  gift — a  gift  no  words  can 
measure — sent  back  by  those  parents  to  their  native  land 
— the  patriot  soldier,  the  devoted  philanthropist,  the 
friend  of  the  negro  and  the  Indian — General  Armstrong 
of  Hampton. 


-96- 

In  1836,  after  a  successful  pastorate  of  about  seven 
j'ears,  the  state  of  my  mother's  health  rendered  a  change 
of  climate  imperative.  The  ph3'sicians  recommended 
Southern  France  for  her  difficulty,  which  was  of  a  pul- 
monary character,  but  she  was  judged  too  feeble  to 
endure  the  voyage  across  the  Atlantic,  consequentl}^  a 
change  to  the  West  was  decided  upon,  where  for  forty 
years,  sheltered  by  the  care  of  husband  and  children,  she 
lived  a  life  of  activity,  usefulness  and  happiness. 

It  was  in  its  early  formative  period  that  my  father 
removed  to  the  West.  He  carried  with  him  the  training, 
discipline,  and  practical  power  obtained  during  the 
pastorates  of  his  early  manhood.  And  he  made  them 
operative  and  fruitful  in  ministerial  and  educational  work, 
as  the  first  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Chicago,  as  acting  president  of  Illinois  College,  the  oldest 
college  in  the  State,  and  later  as  President  of  Marion 
College  in  Northern  Missouri.  His  genial,  sympathetic 
nature  attracted  to  him  friends  wherever  he  lived,  and  his 
persuasive  power  in  the  pulpit  was  marked.  Overwork, 
during  a  revival  in  Chicago  in  1839  ^"^  '4^>  protracted 
during  many  weeks,  seriously  impaired  his  health.  His 
nearest  ministerial  neighbor  was  ninety  miles  away,  and 
the  burden  of  the  frequent  services  on  Sabbath  and  during 
the  week  was  too  severe.  He  never  fully  regained  vigor- 
ous health,  though  he  was  able  to  accomplish  much  during 
many  succeeding  years.  He  died  at  the  home  of  his 
daughter  in  St.  Louis,  on  April  8,  1855.  His  remains  rest 
in  the  beautiful  cemetery  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  overlooking 
the  Mississippi's  mighty  flow. 

I  read  the  closing  passage  from  the  discourse  preached 
at  my  father's  funeral  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Post,  of  St.  Louis  : 
"  The  painful  malady  of  which  he  died  was  of  two  months' 
duration.  Its  course  was  marked  by  the  most  intense 
suffering  to  which  disease  can  expose  man.  But,  through 
all,  his  faith,  his  patience,  his  trust  and  submission, 
through  Christ  we  believe,  that  strengthened  him,  never 
failed.  The  Angel  of  the  Covenant,  '  one  like  to  the  Son 
of  God,'  went  through  the  furnace  with  him.     His  mind 


—97— 

was  perfectly  tranquil,  perfectly  at  rest.  All  was  peace. 
On  Sunday,  the  last  day  of  his  life,  a  few  hours  before  his 
death,  he  followed  through  the  reading-  of  the  twenty- 
third  Psalm  by  his  son,  with  much  manifest  comfort,  and, 
with  frequent  responses,  indicated  his  appreciation  and 
enjoyment  of  it.  A  short  time  before  he  died,  the  spirit 
that  seemed  to  have  gone  far  down  the  dark  valley,  never 
to  return,  came  back  once  more,  and  looked  out  in  clear 
intelligence  from  that  eye  which  then  was  closing  forever. 
In  the  stillness  of  that  awful  moment,  I  said  to  him, 
'Brother,  do  you  feel  the  Savior  near  you?  Does  He 
sustain  you  ?  '  He  answered,  with  a  most  meaning  look 
of  the  eye,  a  repeated  pressure  of  the  hand,  and  attempted 
murmurs  from  his  palsied  mouth, '  Yes,  yes.'  This,  friends, 
was  the  last  testimony  of  our  beloved  brother — the  last 
words  of  John  Blatchford  to  this  world,  till  the  heavens 
and  the  earth  be  no  more.  Ages  shall  not  add  thereto, 
nor  can  they  substract  from  it." 

Truly,  "  The  Memory  of  the  Fathers  is  the  Inspiration 
of  the  Children." 

"  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  praised  ;  and  His 
greatness  is  unsearchable.  One  generation  shall  praise 
thy  works  to  another,  and  shall  declare  thy  mighty  acts." 


THE    SERVICE  OF    LEARNING,  THE    SERVICE 
OF  THE  CHURCHES. 

Rev.  Timothy  Dvvight,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  New  Haven. 

Dr.  Palmer  :  My  friends,  it  is  remarkable  that  while 
having  a  long  list  of  ministers  upon  our  rolls,  we  have  no 
living  ex-minister  here  to-day.  Only  one  is  living  and  he 
too  feeble  to  be  here.  But  there  is  a  tradition  which  I 
am  going  to  tell  you.  After  Dr.  Towne  ended  his 
ministry  here,  the  church  were  looking  for  a  new  pastor, 
and  there  was  a  young  man  of  great  promise  who  bore  an 
honored  name,  whom  it  was  understood  might  be  avail- 
able, and  the  church  set  their  hearts  upon  him,  and  he,  I 
7 


-98- 

am  told,  was  quite  willing  to  come,  except  that,  just  at 
that  moment,  the  Corporation  of  Yale  laid  hands  upon 
him  for  a  professorship  in  the  Divinity  School. 

Now  I  remember  in  the  burying-ground  of  the  town 
in  which  several  of  my  ancestors  originated  a  monument 
with  this  inscription,  "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of" — giving 
a  lady's  name,  date,  and  so  on — "  who  ought  to  have  been 
the  wife  of  Thomas  Palmer."  It  is  understood  that  the 
stone  was  erected  by  the  gentleman,  and  not  by  the 
friends  of  the  lady.  I  am  going  to  borrow  that  quaint 
phrase  and  introduce  Dr.  Dwight  as  the  man  who  ought 
to  have  been  the  minister  of  this  church.  But  you  will 
appreciate  how  much  more  extensive  and  valuable  have 
been  the  services  to  this  church  and  to  the  churches  of 
the  United  States  which  he  has  rendered  in  the  position 
to  which  God  called  him.  Yale  men  honor  him  as  the 
beloved  head  of  their  University;  a  large  number  of 
ministers  honor  him  as  a  teacher  and  counsellor,  and  we 
all  honor  him, — for  what  he  is  and  has  done  ;  and  I  especi- 
ally from  my  heart  honor  the  beloved  friend  of  more  than 
forty  years,  who  has  consented  at  a  great  sacrifice  to  be 
here  to-day,  to  speak  a  few  words  to  us.  I  will  introduce 
him.     (Loud  applause.) 

Dr.  Dwight  :  Dr.  Palmer,  ladies  and  gentlemen  of 
this  church  and  of  this  city  — One  of  the  most  striking 
exhibitions  of  the  business  capacity  and  power  over  men 
possessed  by  your  pastor,  which  I  have  in  my  mind,  is  the 
fact  that  I  am  here.  (Laughter.)  In  some  unguarded 
moment,  a  few  months  ago  Dr.  Palmer  informed  me  he 
and  you  were  to  have  this  celebration,  and  said  he  hoped 
I  would  be  a  participator  in  it.  As  a  friend,  I  told  him  I 
would  endeavor  to  be  here.  I  had  no  expectation  of  being 
called  upon  to  address  you.  At  the  close  of  last  week  I 
received  a  note  from  him  saying  that  I  was  the  only  sur- 
viving predecessor  of  his  with  the  exception  of  one,  who 
was  unable  to  be  present ;  and  that  he  had  concluded  to 
put  me  upon  the  programme  ;  and  I  wrote  back  that  with 
the   immense    pressure   of  duties     devolving    upon    the 


I 


—99— 

president  of  the  university,  it  being  just  before  Commence- 
ment, that  I  could  not  be  here  to  take  any  part  in  these 
services.  The  next  morning  I  received  the  programme 
printed  with  my  name  on  the  list,  and  I  am  here. 
This  looks  to  me  more  like  Presbyterianism,  or  the 
historic  Episcopate,  than  democratic  Congregationalism. 
(Laughter.) 

Dr.  Palmer  told  me  I  was  the  only  predecessor  of  his, 
with  one  exception,  who  is  now  living.  Allow  me  to  say 
a  few  words  on  this  subject.  In  the  first  place,  I  have 
been  casting  about  in  my  mind  on  one  side  of  the  matter 
to  know  which  of  his  predecessors  I  was.  (Laughter.) 
It  has  been  a  peculiar  experience  of  mine  in  my  life  that 
I  have  been  mistaken  for  many  eminent  persons;  and  I 
came  to  the  conclusion,  after  much  thought,  I  was  the 
Rev.  Charles  Chauncey  (laughter),  but  that  was  dissipated 
and  my  hope  was  broken  from  its  foundation  by  hearing 
Prof.  Fisher  was  the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey.  (Renewed 
laughter.) 

The  succession  of  your  ministers,  one  after  another,  I 
do  not  know,  but  I  would  say  that  I  came  here,  so  far  as 
my  recollection  goes,  after  the  sentinels  at  the  door  had 
been  dismissed,  and  after  these  muskets  had  been  removed 
(laughter),  and  so  it  was  not  in  the  earliest  period  of  the 
church.  If  I  may  look  at  another  side  of  my  relation  to  this 
church  I  would  say  that  my  pastorate  here  commenced 
on  Saturday  evening,  in  the  year  1858,  and  terminated  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  congregation  on  Sunday  evening 
(laughter),  and  so  far  as  I  was  myself  concerned,  I  had 
one  happy  deliverance  (laughter).  I  expected  to  come  to 
this  church  with  the  sensation  and  feeling  of  a  candidate. 
I  was  invited  to  be  here  on  a  particular  Sunday — by 
reason  of  an  engagement  elsewhere  I  was  unable  to  come 
on  that  Sunday,  or  else  by  reason  of  some  other  arrange- 
ment here  the  engagement  for  me  was  postponed  till  the 
next  Sunday  ;  and  I  was  elected  to  an  office  in  the  Yale 
Divinity  School,  in  the  intermediate  week  between  the 
two  Sundays,  and  I  concluded  to  accept  that  offer  and 
election;  and  I  have  therefore  never  had, — though  I  came 


— 100 — 

so  near  having  then:i, — the  sensations  which  belong  to  a 
candidate  for  a  pastorate. 

This  church  was  one  of  those  who  have  sought  my 
services  to  which  I  would  most  gladly  have  come  at  the 
time,  but  I  was  called  into  another  service ;  and  Dr. 
Palmer  has  assigned  me  some  words  on  "The  Service  of 
Learning,  the  Service  of  the  Churches"  to  address  to 
you  this  morning.  I  will  only  say  that  the  relationship 
between  the  churches  and  the  school  of  learning,  in 
our  country,  in  our  New  England  especially,  from  th« 
beginning  has  been  a  very  close  relation.  Our  fathers 
and  their  descendants  had  no  thought  of  the  churches  as 
fulfilling  their  duty  without  the  establishment  of  the 
school  of  learning;  and  they  had  no  thought  of  the 
schools  of  learning  except  as  operated  and  influenced  by 
the  churches  ;  and  they  committed  the  care  of  their  edu- 
cation largely  to  those  who  were  the  ministers  of  the 
church  ;  and  the  glory  of  our  New  England  colleges  has 
been  largely  connected,  in  all  periods  of  the  past,  with 
the  fact  that  the  pastors  of  these  churches — like  your 
present  pastor — have  been  connected  with  the  adminis- 
tration and  government  of  our  New  England  colleges. 

The  service  of  the  University  which  I  represent  this 
morning  to  the  churches,  and  in  an  humble  way  my  own 
service  to  the  churches,  I  may  say  has  been  manifested  in 
this  place.  The  number  of  ministers  who  have  come  to 
this  place,  and  to  the  towns  which  really  are  closely  con- 
nected with  this  church,  is  very  considerable.  Dr. 
Palmer  was  made  by  me  largely,  excepting  so  far  as  his 
father  and  mother  had  a  slight  influence  upon  him;  and 
the  honored  pastor  of  the  South  Church,  who  has  recently 
left  you,  was  one  of  those  whom  I  sent  here,  as  a  partial 
fulfilment  of  my  duty  to  this  church,  and  there  are  others 
here  in  whose  labors  I  have  rejoiced,  and  certainly  the 
city  of  Bridgeport  has  been  closely  related  in  these  past 
years  with  the  school  of  learning  in  which  I  have  had  a 
small  share.  I  trust  that  the  Institution  and  the  churches 
of  Connecticut  will  continue  in  the  same  happy  relations 
in  the  future  ;  that  the  churches  will  supply  to  the  Insti- 


—  lOI  — 

tution  of  learning  their  sons  and  their  kindly  influences  in 
all  coming'  time;  and  that  the  institution  of  learning  will 
do  for  the  churches  and  the  State  what  it  has  done  in  the 
generations  past. 

I  express  my  thanks  to  Dr.  Palmer  for  insisting  upon 
my  saying  a  word  to  you,  for  it  is  very  pleasant  for  me  to 
recall  the  incidents  of  my  short  pastorate  here,  and  very 
pleasant  to  see  the  church  in  the  flourishing  condition  in 
which  it  now  is;  and  I  wish  to  assure  you  of  my  kindest 
personal  feeling  to  you  all,  and  to  assure  Dr.  Palmer, 
though  he  does  not  need  it,  that  the  friendship  of  forty 
years  is  as  strong  on  my  part  as  it  is  on  his.  (Loud 
applause.) 


THE   DEBT   OF  A   COMMUNITY  TO  ITS 
FOUNDERS. 

Hon.  Joseph  Hawley,  LL.D.,  U.  S.  Senate, 

Dr.  Palmer:  President  Dwight  called  me  up  a  great 
many  times  in  earlier  years.  I  did  not  feel  it  to  be  very 
presumptuous  to  call  him  up  when  I  got  a  chance. 

Brethren  and  friends,  when  we  originally  planned  this 
celebration,  we  were  made  very  conscious  of  the  riches  of 
this  church  in  the  way  of  biography,  and  a  number  of 
illustrations  of  it  came  to  our  knowledge,  but  in  the  matu- 
rity of  our  arrangements  we  have  given  less  attention  to 
that  than  we  originally  projected.  Samuel  Sherman,  who 
came  here  about  1685,  was  an  ancestor  of  Gen.  Sherman 
and  of  the  Hon.  John  Sherman,  U.  S.  senator  from  Ohio. 
We  had  hoped  to  have  him  present  to-day  among  others. 
We  have  a  letter  of  regret  from  him,  other  engagements 
having  prevented  his  coming. 

Among  the  early  settlers  of  this  locality  was  Joseph 
Hawley.  The  second  deacon  of  this  church  was  Deacon 
Hawley.  There  is  no  family  who  has  contributed  more 
largely,  contributed  more  generously,  to  the  history  of 
this  church  and  the  South  Church.     There  is  no  family 


— 102 — 

which  is  more  numerously  represented  here,  or  which  was 
connected  more  honorabl}^  with  the  trying  times  in  the 
history  of  the  community  than  the  families  descending 
from  Joseph  Hawley.  And  above  all  we  have  present 
with  us  to-day  a  man  whom  Connecticut  always  delights 
to  honor,  and  we  are  glad  he  is  here  as  the  representative 
of  his  family  and  has  consented  to  unite  with  us  in  this 
celebration.  I  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  him  to  you 
at  this  time.     Senator  Hawley  will  now  address  us. 

Senator  Hawley:  Dr.  Palmer  and  fellow-citizens — 
The  manner  of  Dr.  Dwight's  impressment  here  is  exactly 
mine.  I  received  a  suggestion  concerning  a  great  celebra- 
tion— like  his  very  much  ;  and  then  I  received  a  notice  that 
I  was  down  for  a  certain  subject,  and  I  am  here ;  and 
pay  my  willing  tribute  to  the  power  of  Dr.  Palmer  in 
addition  to  Dr.  Dwight.  I  knew  it  would  be  interesting, 
but  it  is  a  great  deal  more  than  that.  It  is  inspiring,  when 
a  man  has  any  pride  in  the  history  of  New  England  and 
this  beloved  State  of  Connecticut.  1  have  seen  in  much 
more  ambitious  celebrations  nothing  more  inspiring  than 
the  sight  of  the  representatives  of  nine  of  the  original  col- 
onist families.  Mr.  Beardsley,  I  think  it  was,  is  perfectly 
right  in  saying  that  this  is  a  celebration  of  the  two  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  city  of  Bridgeport.  Your  begin- 
ning was  like  that  of  the  great  majorit}^  of  the  New  Eng- 
land towns,  especially  the  Connecticut  towns.  There  were 
three  men  especially  known.  One  was  the  pastor,  another 
the  school  teacher  and  the  third  the  Militia  captain  ;  and 
in  all  the  days  of  trouble,  when  the  great  Brother  Jona- 
than desired  to  retain  the  hearts  of  the  people,  he  reached 
them,  perhaps  more  easil)^  than  in  any  other  way,  through 
the  pastors  of  all  these  scattered  towns  and  country 
churches.  They  were  men  of  very  considerable  educa- 
tion, men  of  strong  character,  of  marked  and  positive 
characteristics,  and  didn't  have  a  doubt  about  what  was 
right  and  wrong  respecting  their  country  or  their  God. 
Then  they  had  not  heard  of  the  word  "agnostic";  and 
when  Brother  Jonathan  wanted  the  people  he   reached 


— 103— 

them  through  the  school  master,  and  the  militia  captain, 
and  the  pastor — and  through  the  pastor  most  of  all. 

I  think  it  is  Macaulay — I  have  read  it  somewhere  lately 
— who  says  that  the  people  who  do  not  honor  the  noble 
deeds  of  their  ancestors  will  leave  no  record  of  deeds  of 
their  own  that  their  posterity  will  care  to  honor.  It  is  to 
our  honor  that  we  honor  the  men  who  founded  Connecti- 
cut. A  young  Grecian,  who  afterwards  became  a  famous 
general  himself,  passing  over  some  battle-field  where  heroes 
had  once  contended,  said,  "Every  young  man  should 
come  here !  "  If  it  were  possible,  what  a  joy  it  would 
be  to  have  all  the  young  men  and  the  young  women 
just  coming  into  maturity  in  this  State  hear  and  read 
these  inspiring  records.  Yes,  these  anniversaries  ought 
to  be  observed  by  every  community  in  the  State.  I  re- 
joice to  have  seen  several  such  celebrations  ;  I  rejoice  over 
the  monuments  they  have  put  up,  and  the  volumes  they 
have  printed,  giving  a  history  of  the  early  settlers.  These 
celebrations  are  of  great  value  in  that  respect ;  and  let  us 
feel  encouraged  by  them.  Sometimes  we  are  discouraged 
a  little  and  think  that  the  old-fashioned  Americanism  is 
getting  out  of  fashion.  We  look  at  the  census  and  find 
more  than  half  of  our  people  here  are  either  foreigners  by 
birth  or  the  children  of  one  or  two  foreign  parents.  It  is 
not  to  be  endured  that  the  ancient  spirit,  the  belief,  the 
earnest  belief  in  something,  the  absolute,  unquestioning 
devotion  to  one's  country  as  well  as  one's  God — it  is  not 
to  be  endured  or  allowed  that  these  things  shall  fade  away. 
Let  us  feel  encouraged  by  many  things.  The  Daughters 
and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  Colonial  Dames,  the 
other  Colonial  organization,  whose  name  I  do  not  recall 
at  this  particular  moment,  are  movements  in  the  right 
direction.  The  monuments  they  are  putting  up  in  various 
places,  the  investigations  of  these  ancient  historical  mat- 
ters they  set  on  foot — these  are  great  reminders  of  the  old 
Puritanism  and  the  old  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  patriot- 
ism— and  there  has  been  no  reason  within  the  last  thirty 
or  forty  years  to  think  any  less  of  our  country  than  we 
did  before.    (Cheers  and  applause.)    The  Puritans  were  not 


— 104 — 

a  race  of  people  nor  were  they  a  religious  faction.  Puri- 
tanism is  not  any  particular  class  of  men,  it  is  a  type  of 
character.  Puritanism  is  a  character.  These  men  were 
mostly  of  fine  old  English  stock,  mingled,  I  think,  to  some 
extent  with  the  good  Dutch  stock  that  came  over  into  the 
eastern  counties  of  England,  but  it  was  not  because  they 
happened  to  be  Englishmen  that  they  were  Puritans. 
There  have  been  Puritans  essentially  elsewhere ;  the 
Huguenots,  the  Quakers,  or  Friends,  and  many  more. 
What  finer  illustration  could  there  be  of  an  absolute  devo- 
tion to  God  and  to  the  love  of  country  and  of  right  than 
we  see  in  Luther?  Luther  was  a  Puritan  in  this  sense  of 
the  word ;  so  was  Loyala  the  Jesuit,  the  founder  of  that 
great  order.  He  was  a  reformer,  as  he  thought,  in  the 
Catholic  Church,  and  a  man  who  had  the  most  absolute 
devotion  to  the  highest  ideals  of  right.  How  beneficial, 
or  how  mistaken  he  was,  it  is  not  necessary  to  say.  You 
do  both  men  only  justice  if  you  consider  their  fidelity  and 
their  belief  in  something  outside  of  and  above  and  beyond 
themselves.  It  seems  to  me  that  in  respect  of  their  high 
sense  of  duty,  the  Mahommedans,  in  their  days  of  purity 
and  glory,  were  one  class  of  Puritans. 

There  is  a  good  deal  in  these  latter  da)''s  to  make  one 
uneasy  and  critical ;  the  large  class  of  men  who  are  cos- 
mopolitans in  every  country  but  their  own,  who  are  very 
much  at  home  abroad,  always  thinking  that  things  are 
better  done  over  there  ;  and  who  in  the  great  struggles 
going  on  here  are  saying,  political  or  ecclesiastical,  or 
whatever  it  is  they  may  be,  "  I  don't  think  much  of  this 
thing,"  "  I  doubt  the  wisdom  of  that  matter,"  "  I  think  it 
is  largely  a  matter  of  interest  with  them  all  whether  in 
church  or  in  state  "  ;  and  "on  the  whole  I  take  no  part  in 
these  things."  "  I  never  meddle  with  politics,  I  don't 
meddle  very  much  with  religion,  and  there  is  nothing 
new,  and  there  is  nothing  true,  and  it  does  not  matter 
anyhow." 

There  is  a  great  deal  of  that  sort  of  agnosticism  in  polit- 
ical and  church  affairs  which  does  not  come  from  the 
Puritans.     When  they  believed,  they    believed    in    their 


—105— 

very  bones.  It  was  like  fire  in  them.  They  were  not  long- 
in  doubt,  either,  whether  there  was  an  Omnipotent  and 
Eternal  God  and  Father,  who  invited  them  to  be  His  chil- 
dren, but  who  commanded  them  to  fight,  who  sent  them 
into  the  world  to  do  something  and  to  be  something,  not 
to  be  sitting  on  the  fence  listless,  but  to  grapple  in  with 
their  sleeves  rolled  up,  taking  their  share  in  all  the  mag- 
nificent work  that  was  going  on. 

This  is  a  glorious  age.  There  never  was  one  like  it. 
There  never  were  so  many  demands  for  industrious  men 
and  women  ;  and  I  add  again  that  there  never  was  a  time 
when  so  many  of  them  are  realizing  the  fact.  It  is  a  great 
realization  of  a  glorious  time.  Our  boys  should  be  faith- 
ful to  the  ancestors  whom  we  honor,  and  imitate  their 
example,  and  make  their  stay  in  the  world  worth  some- 
thing. I  believe  with  Macaulay,  if  we  don't  respect  and 
love  our  ancestors  for  the  work  they  did,  we  will  leave 
nothing  behind  us  that  the  people  hereafter  ought  to 
respect.     (Applause.) 

My  record  in  Connecticut  is  a  modest  one.  I  am 
descended  from  Samuel  Hawley  of  Stratford,  I  am  not  cer- 
tain whether  of  the  seventh  or  eighth  generation.  The 
Hawleys  have  been  all  about  Fairfield  County.  They  are 
still,  I  am  happy  to  say,  about  here  ;  and  we  are  all  cousins 
in  some  degree  or  other,  I  never  inquired,  for  it  is  a  very 
serious  job ;  but  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  name,  straight 
down  yeoman  in  the  English  sense,  the  owner  of  lands 
and  the  cultivator  of  lands,  except  my  father,  who  was  a 
modest  preacher  of  the  gospel  and  a  member  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  for  a  long  time.  I  am  very  glad  to  be  with 
you  to  give,  if  it  be  possible,  even  a  moment  of  satisfac- 
tion.    (Loud  applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer:  Now,  friends,  before  any  of  you  leave,  I 
wish  to  say  that  over  in  the  incomplete  Masonic  building, 
yonder,  there  is  a  luncheon  provided,  and  when  we  are 
through  with  the  exercises  of  this  morning,  all  will  be  fed 
who  find  it  convenient  to  go  thither. 


— io6 — 

There  is  a  point  of  considerable  importance  to  which  I 
wish  to  direct  attention  at  this  moment,  namely,  the  rela- 
tion of  this  Ecclesiastical  Society  to  the  city  in  which  we 
live. 

The  erection  of  the  Parish  of  Stratfield  by  the  General 
Court  instituted  the  first  independent  authority  within 
the  limits  of  this  city.  In  it  began  the  organized  com- 
munity which  in  due  time  was  to  take  the  now  familiar 
name  of  Bridgeport.  For  more  than  one  hundred 
years  the  form  of  the  authority  was  unchanged.  Then 
there  was  evolved  from  the  Parish  of  Stratfield  the  Bor- 
ough of  Bridgeport,  in  the  year  1800.  Out  of  this  grew 
the  Town  of  Bridgeport,  in  182 1  ;  and  out  of  this  the  City 
of  Bridgeport,  in  1836.  In  the  beginning  there  was  no 
separation  between  Civil  and  Ecclesiastical  jurisdiction — ■ 
the  authorities  of  the  Parish  exercised  both.  After  1818, 
the  two  were  of  course  entirely  separated.  Since  then  the 
town  or  city  has  been  one  thing,  and  the  First  Ecclesiastical 
Society  another  thing.  But  each  of  them  legitimately 
represents,  in  its  own  line,  the  ancient  Parish  of  Stratfield. 
We  of  the  First  Church  and  Society  have  invited  here 
to-day  the  official  Head  of  the  City,  as  one  to  whom  we 
sustain  a  special  relation.  Not  merely  as  one  of  the 
"powers  that  be,"  whom  we  are  bound  to  honor,  and  do 
honor,  in  our  place,  but  also  as  one  equally  with  ourselves 
standing  upon  the  ancient  foundations  laid  two  hundred 
years  ago.  We  hope  that  His  Honor  has  a  word  of  greet- 
ing for  us,  to  which  we  will  now  listen. 

Hon.  Frank  E.  Clark:  On  behalf  of  the  City  of 
Bridgeport,  I  extend  to  you  most  hearty  congratulations. 
To  the  founders  of  this  church  and  to  their  descendants, 
the  citizens  of  Bridgeport  are  greatly  indebted;  through 
their  efforts  and  examples  our  prosperity  has  been  largely 
made  possible. 

Our  local,  state  and  national  history  glistens  with  the 
names  of  Sherwood,  Sherman,  Wheeler  and    Beardsley. 

Two  hundred  years  ago,  when  that  little  band  congre- 
gated for  divine  worship  in  the  little  village  of  Stratfield, 
they  marked  the  beginning  of  our  prosperous  city. 


— 107 — 

From  a  sparsely  settled  community,  through  the  age  of 
boroughhood,  up  to  the  full  bloom  of  a  magnificent  city, 
can  we  trace  the  noble  work  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  and  Society. 

Without  resorting  to  the  sensationalisms  of  to-day, 
your  ministers  have  accomplished  a  vast  deal  to  be  proud 
of,  in  their  plain,  simple  way.  Under  their  guidance,  cit- 
izens of  whom  we  all  feel  proud  have  been  reared.  The 
lessons  which  they  instilled  into  the  hearts  of  the  young 
have  borne  fruit  a  hundred-fold.  You  have  an  abundance 
of  reasons  for  rejoicing  on  this,  your  two-hundredth  birth- 
day. I  feel  that  I  would  be  derelict  in  my  duty  as  Chief 
Executive  of  this  city,  should  I  fail  to  express  our  thanks 
to  you,  to  rejoice  with  you  and  to  thank  the  Almighty  for 
the  many  blessings  which  He  has  bestowed  upon  us  all. 
(Applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer  :  I  have  here  a  list  which  1  am  going  to 
read.  1  hold  in  my  hand  a  bundle  of  letters  from  those 
who  would  have  been  glad  to  be  here,  but  for  various 
reasons  were  prevented  from  coming.  I  wish  simply  to 
mention  some  of  them  in  order  that  it  may  be  truthfully 
said  the  letters  were  presented  here,  and  they  will  be 
printed  in  the  official  account  of  this  meeting.  The  list 
comprises  the  following  : 

Hon.  John  Sherman,  U.  S.  S. 

Dr.  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  New  York  City. 

Dr.  John  W.  Sterling,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Towne,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  Dr.  George  Leon  Walker,  Hartford. 

Prof.  Henry  A.  Rowland,  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

Rev.  Alfred  T.  Waterman,  Michigan. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Peck,  No.  Bennington,  Vt. 

Rev.  Dr.  Horace  C.  Hovey,  Newburyport,  Mass. 

Mr.  David  Sherman  Lacey,  California. 

Mrs.  Mary  Dudley  Wilcox,  Lawrenceville,  N.  Y. 


Miss  Julia  E.  Hunter,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  J.  J.  Wooley,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Mr.  Joseph  D.  Bartley,  Bradford,  Mass. 

Prof.  Arthur  M.  Wheeler,  Yale  University. 

Mr.  Walter  Hubbell,  New  York. 

Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Blodget,  Missionary  to  China. 

Dr.  Gerald  H.  Beard,  Norwalk. 

(For  the  letters  see  p.  157  and  following-.) 

Dr.  Palmer  :  I  feel  very  thankful  to  all  the  gentlemen 
who  have  taken  the  pains  to  speak  to  us  this  morning ; 
and  certainly  feel  gratified  by  the  interest  which  has  been 
manifested  in  this  celebration.  I  hope  that  this  afternoon 
we  may  again  assemble,  for  the  remainder  of  the  pro- 
gramme, in  which  I  expect  to  find  great  satisfaction  and 
enjoyment.  After  the  singing  a  recess  will  be  taken,  that 
all  may  refresh  themselves,  and  I  renew  the  invitation  to 
all  present  to  avail  themselves  ot  the  luncheon.  It  is  in 
the  incomplete  Masonic  Building  opposite. 

The  choir  will  now  lead  us  in  singing  hymn  1019,  "  O, 
where  are  kings  and  empires  now  ?" 

Benediction. 

The  love  of  God  the  Father,  the  grace  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost  be  with 
you  forever.     Amen. 


w' 


SERVICES  OF 

THURSDAY    AFTERNOON. 

I    "  Should  Auld  Acquaintance  be  Forgot  ?" 
Organ   Prelude. 

'h 

Anthem,     "  Praise  the  Lord." 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Before  resuming  our  exercises  I  am  going 
to  give  a  brief  notice.  The  collection  of  relics  in  the 
chapel  has  excited  so  much  interest  and  is  really  so  well 
worth  seeing,  that  arrangements  have  been  made  to  keep 
it  open  this  evening.  So  far  as  any  may  feel  interested  in 
extending  this  information  I  wish  it  might  be  done.  I 
repeat,  the  room  will  be  open  this  afternoon  after  service, 
and  also  in  the  evening  till  lo  o'clock. 

While  speaking  of  relics  I  have  been  asked  to  state  a 
fact,  which  is  known  to  some  but  not  to  all.  The  flag 
which  is  over  this  pulpit  is  the  one  which  was  used  in  the 
unveiling  of  the  John  Robinson  Memorial  at  Leyden  four 
years  ago.  It  is  thought  some  would  be  interested  to 
know  of  that  connection.  I  brought  out  the  fact  yester- 
day that  the  beginning  of  this  settlement  was  in  a  move- 
ment of  Fairfield  and  Stratford  families  towards  this 
locality  ;  and  I  showed  that  the  First  Church  was  formed 
of  men  who  came  from  the  Fairfield  and  Stratford 
churches.  We  are  this  afternoon  very  glad  that  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Fairfield  and  Stratford  churches  are 
here  ;  and  we  are  going  to  hear  from  them.     1  am  glad  to 


— no — 

introduce  my  brother,  for  whom  I  have  the  highest  esteem 
— the  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Fairfield — as  the  first 
speaker  this  afternoon. 

WORDS  FROM  THE  MOTHER  CHURCHES. 

(i)  First  Church  in  Fairfield. 

Rev.  Frank  S,  Child. 

Rev.  Mr.  Child  :  Honored  shepherd  of  this  flock, 
members  of  this  and  other  flocks — I  cannot  follow  the 
example  set  us  by  the  rector  of  St.  John's  Parish  and 
bring  you  a  brick  from  St.  Martins-in-the-Field.  Did 
every  traveler  carry  away  a  brick  from  so  small  a  shrine, 
what  would  become  of  St.  Martins-in-the-Field? 

But  I  do  bring  you  a  treasure  which  centres  in  itself 
associations  and  memories  sacred  to  the  mother  and  the 
daughter  church.  It  is  this  silver  cup  which  has  been 
used  for  more  than  two  centuries  in  the  celebration  of  the 
Holy  Communion  in  old  Fairfield  Church.  The  name 
inscribed  upon  this  vessel  is  that  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Wakeman,  pastor  of  your  ancestors  as  well  as  of  ours. 
He  it  was,  you  remember,  that  favored  your  first  school 
enterprise.  He  it  was  that  abounded  in  helpful  counsel 
and  tender  sympathy  when  this  parish  was  set  off  from 
Fairfield  and  Stratford. 

Many  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  place,  and  their  imme- 
diate descendants  have,  doubtless,  pressed  their  lips  to 
this  memorial  cup  and  received  strength  and  inspiration 
through  such  a  service  for  the  toil  and  burden  of  those 
early  days. 

When  Garfield  was  inaugurated  president  of  the  United 
States,  his  venerable  mother  was  present  to  witness  the 
ceremony.  The  oath  of  office  had  been  administered,  the 
address  given  ;  then  the  loyal  son  turned  to  his  mother 
and  imprinted  a  kiss  upon  her  brow.  It  was  a  memorable 
scene.  Who  doubts  that  the  mother's  heart  swelled  with 
honorable  pride  and  generous  affection,  as  she  recalled  the 
great  work  achieved  by  her  famous  son! 


— Ill — 

It  is  with  sentiments  akin  to  these  that  the  Prime 
Ancient  Society  of  Fairfield,  the  two-thirds  mother  of  the 
First  Church  in  Bridgeport;  (for  in  the  original  members 
of  the  new  parish  thirty-three  families  came  from  Fair- 
field and  thirteen  from  Stratford  ;)  it  is  with  sentiments 
akin  to  these  that  the  First  Church  of  Fairfield,  the  two- 
thirds  mother  of  the  First  Church  of  Bridgeport,  sends 
greeting  and  congratulation  on  this  anniversary. 

We  have  listened  with  maternal  interest  to  the  narrative 
of  church-life  flowing  like  a  strong  and  grateful  river 
through  two  hundred  years  of  time.  Just  as  the  great 
streams  of  earth  bear  refreshment  to  the  land,  adorn  and 
exalt  nature,  serve  many  practical  ends  and  scatter  bene- 
dictions all  along  the  way,  binding  times  and  interests  and 
events  into  a  kind  of  noble  oneness  ;  so  has  the  stream  of 
life  named  the  First  Church  of  Christ  in  Bridgeport 
pursued  its  path  through  the  generations,  yielding  refresh- 
ment, beautifying  character,  diffusing  blessings,  making 
the  past  an  inspiration,  filling  the  present  wnth  the  fruits 
of  righteousness  and  quickening  great  hopes  for  the 
future,  binding  fast,  present  and  future  into  the  oneness  of 
the  Kingdom. 

The  ministers  serving  this  people  have  been  marked  by 
a  rare  spirit  of  fidelity.  Growth  and  expansion  have  ever 
been  dear  to  the  church  ;  so  that  when  another  daughter 
has  gone  forth,  she  has  gone  forth  with  sweet  memories 
and  happy  encouragements.  Beneficence  has  been  woven 
into  the  texture  of  your  history.  Spirituality  has  been 
an  abiding  characteristic  through  these  decades  of  activ- 
ity. Splendid  leadership  in  affairs  has  also  been  manifest. 
Now  all  these  things  belong  to  the  mother  not  less  than 
to  the  daughter.  The  story  has  oft  been  repeated  that 
when  the  people  of  Stratfield  applied  to  the  General 
Court  for  the  transfer  of  their  taxes  to  the  support  of  a 
church  in  this  part  of  the  parish,  the  Prime  Ancient 
Society  of  Fairfield  set  forth  her  opposition  with  remark- 
able force  and  perspicuity.  It  has  been  said,  on  the  other 
hand,  that  Stratford  showed  a  conspicuous  willingness  to 
contribute  her  smaller  proportion  of  people  to  the  new 


112- 


parish.  So  the  reluctance  of  Fairfield  to  lose  her  good 
people  was  strikingly  offset  by  the  eagerness  with  which 
Stratford  apparently  desired  to  get  rid  of  hers.  It  is  not 
for  me  to  speak  of  this  as  a  virtue  on  the  part  of  the  two- 
thirds  mother  on  this  side  of  the  waters,  or  to  speak  of  it 
as  a  vice  on  the  part  of  the  one-third  mother  on  the  other 
side  of  the  dividing  waters.  But  this  is  certainly  a  con- 
dition of  things  which  admits  of  favorable  interpretation, 
so  far  as  Fairfield  is  concerned.  In  fact,  the  ties  which 
bound  the  Prime  Ancient  Society  of  Fairfield  to 
Bridgeport,  Greens  Farms,  Greenfield  Hill,  Southport 
and  Black  Rock  were  always  so  strong  and  tender  that  it 
required  all  the  grace  which  the  mother  could  command 
to  permit  these  daughters  to  shift  for  themselves. 

There  are,  as  you  know,  cases  of  family  affection 
where  separation  is  almost  fatal  to  continued  peace  and 
happiness.  When  Elizabeth  Barrett  left  her  father's 
house  and  made  a  home  for  herself  with  Robert  Brown- 
ing, it  broke  the  tender  ties  that  had  formerly  existed,  and 
she  was  never  permitted  to  enter  the  father's  home  and 
look  upon  his  face  again.  Now  there  was  not  such  a 
break  as  this  between  mother  church  in  Fairfield  and 
daughter  church  in  Bridgeport.  The  strained  relations 
which  existed  for  a  very  brief  time  were  lovingly 
adjusted,  and  there  speedily  manifested  itself  a  spirit  of 
helpfulness  and  sympathy.  The  Prime  Ancient  Society 
takes  increasing  satisfaction  in  the  progress  and  achieve- 
ment of  this  beloved  daughter.  For  the  mother  has  given 
much  of  her  best  blood  to  the  Stratfield  Zion.  The  orig- 
inal members  of  this  church  were  among  the  most  worthy, 
devout  and  hopeful  of  our  people.  It  was  not  alone  that 
the  mother  lost  a  portion  of  her  taxes,  but  it  was  also  that 
her  strength  was  taxed  to  a  measure,  and  a  good  portion 
of  her  spiritual  life  was  made  to  run  into  another  channel. 
But  when  once  the  thing  was  determined  the  mother  was 
generous.  The  departure  of  these  good  people  meant  a 
good  deal  to  the  parish.  It  was  like  the  dividing  of  one's 
farm  ;  it  was  like  a  cutting  down  of  the  King's  territory. 
But  Fairfield  gave  the  territory,  especially  since  she  was 


—  US- 
compelled  to  do  it;  and  as  al\va3^s,  under  such  circum- 
stances she  made  the  best  of  the  situation.  But  the 
matter  did  not  rest  at  this  point,  for  I  find,  just  as  good 
parents  continue  their  kindness  and  liberality  to  their 
children  when  they  have  made  a  home-roof  for  them- 
selves, so  Fairfield  continued  her  manifold  gifts  to 
Stratfield  or  Newfield  or  Bridgeport. 

A  cursory  view  of  our  church  records  and  our  town 
records  reveals  the  fact  that  when  the  male  members  of 
the  daughter  church  wanted  life-companions  they  had  a 
way  of  coming  to  the  mother  church  and  winning  the 
hearts  of  the  maidens.  And  not  satisfied  with  this  kind 
of  contribution,  I  find  also  that  the  fair  ladies  of  the 
daughter  church  captivated  the  sturdy  gentlemen  of 
Fairfield  and  time  out  of  mind  persuaded  them  to  come 
over  into  the  latter  settlement  and  make  their  home. 

We  cannot  claim  the  first  minister,  Mr.  Chauncey, 
although  he  was  made  a  freeman  of  Fairfield,  but  his 
first  better-half  was  a  Fairfield  product.  These  were 
days  when  people  devoutly  believed  that  they  should 
marry  and  give  in  marriage.  The  indebtedness  of 
Bridgeport's  first  church  to  one  of  our  families  cannot 
be  measured.  Fairfield  had  a  way  of  putting  the  Burrs 
into  all  sorts  of  responsible  positions.  Was  a  colonel  or  a 
general  wanted,  did  Princeton  desire  a  president  of  the 
college  or  the  United  States  a  vice-president  for  the 
senate,  there  was  a  Burr  for  the  position. 

But  these  are  not  the  only  honors  which  came  to  the 
family.  Now  and  again  some  Burr  man  was  made  judge, 
sat  upon  the  bench  and  pronounced  sentence  upon  pris- 
oners ;  while  ever  and  anon  some  Burr  woman  was  made 
judge,  sat  upon  another  kind  of  bench  and  pronounced 
sentence  upon  a  more  agreeable  sort  of  prisoner.  The 
pastors  of  the  Bridgeport  church  were  repeatedly  brought 
into  this  latter  court  before  different  Burr  judges  and 
sentence  pronounced  upon  them  was  ever  the  same. 
And  the  sentence  was  always  executed. 

When  Lyman  Hall  discovered  that  preaching  did  not 
agree   with   his  mental   health,  he    left  your   parish   and 


—114— 

came  to  Fairfield.  The  natural  thing  for  him  to  do  was 
to  court  and  marry  a  Burr,  daughter  of  one  Thaddeus 
and  sister  of  another  Thaddeus.  And  when  Mr.  Lyman 
discovered  that  teaching  in  Fairfield  did  not  agree  with 
his  mental  health  he  wisely  emigrated  to  Georgia.  He 
found  his  sphere  and  made  an  immortal  name.  But  it  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that  both  these  parishes  shared  the 
training  of  this  eminent  man  and  directly  contributed 
something  toward  his  power.  Doubtless,  the  instructions 
in  penmanship  which  he  gave  and  practiced  while  teach- 
ing in  Fairfield,  had  much  to  do  with  that  characteristic 
signature  appended  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
It  is  proper  to  note  in  passing  that  Mr.  Lyman  did  not 
have  the  same  inducements  to  teach  school  as  did  one  of 
your  pastors.  Mr.  Blatchford,  with  his  seventeen  chil- 
dren, was  always  sure  of  a  full  session,  no  matter  what 
the  weather.  And  however  much  the  various  pupils 
might  object  to  his  methods  of  teaching  and  his  peculiar 
discipline,  there  were  seventeen  pupils,  or  thereabouts, 
whose  parents  never  made  complaints  and  were  inclined 
to  make  the  best  of  the  instruction. 

Coming  down  to  later  times,  I  find  that  the  indebted- 
ness of  this  church  to  the  mother  assumes  a  new  form. 
Having  given  good  men  and  women,  having  supplied  the 
ministry  with  notable  helpmates,  having  passed  over 
more  or  less  of  territory,  the  day  comes  when  Fairfield 
prepares  a  preacher  for  this  parish  and  sends  him  forth 
to  stamp  his  individuality  upon  the  people. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  a  man  of  certain  remarkable  gifts. 
Judge  Sherman  was  his  intimate  friend  and  loving  coun- 
sellor. The  young  preacher  had  his  wits  sharpened  by 
many  a  tilt  with  the  famous  statesman,  who  was  a  deacon 
in  the  Fairfield  church  and  always  present  to  give  his  pas- 
tor the  benefit  of  his  generous  criticism  and  his  loving 
inspiration.  But  with  all  his  helpful  intentions,  the  judge 
was  not  able  to  curb  Mr.  Hunter's  impulsive  spirit.  So 
that  it  was  not  many  years  ere  this  minister  graduated 
from  the  schooling  of  the  mother  church  and  Judge  Sher- 
man.    His  spicy  wit  left  a  pungent  odor  which  still  lin- 


—115— 

gers  in  Fairfield.  When  this  brilliant,  eccentric  man 
came  to  the  North  Church  of  Bridgeport,  he  brought  with 
him  a  fine  and  commanding  intellectual  equipment.  But 
there  interblended  with  such  equipment  those  peculiari- 
ties of  constitution  which  time  had  emphasized  rather 
than  softened,  so  that  like  unforgetable  impressions  were 
made  upon  the  daughter  church  not  less  than  upon  the 
mother.  His  ministry  in  the  two  parishes,  remembered 
with  mingled  emotions  of  laughter  and  tears,  approval 
and  condemnation,  is  an  interesting  and  suggestive  bond 
between  mother  and  daughter. 

Along  the  same  line  of  generosity  it  is  fitting  to  say  that 
the  Prime  Ancient  Society  of  Fairfield  extended  her  favor 
to  3^our  daughter  and  her  granddaughter,  the  South 
Church.  Dr.  Hewitt  came  to  Fairfield  fresh  from  the 
School  of  the  Prophets.  He  spent  ten  years  of  splendid, 
consecrated  service  among  us,  learning  those  important 
lessons  in  preaching  and  shepherd  work  which  a  man  ought 
always  to  learn  in  his  first  parish.  When  he  had  devel- 
oped his  masterful  resources  and  finished  a  very  faithful 
apprenticeship,  he  entered  upon  the  delicate,  onerous  task 
of  shaping  the  life  of  the  young  South  Church.  Again 
there  were  formed  ties  indissoluble,  which  bound  the  old 
and  the  new  into  oneness  of  sympathy  and  experience. 
So  pleased  and  helped  by  such  gifts  was  the  city  of  Bridge- 
port, that  she  finally  sought,  not  only  the  strength  of  the 
mother  church,  but  the  presence  of  our  law  and  justice  in 
the  form  of  court  house  and  jail.  The  same  sort  of 
reluctance  featured  the  gift  of  these  institutions  as  was 
manifest  when  the  old  parish  was  compelled  to  pass  over 
thirty-three  families  to  the  new  and  form  the  North 
Church.  But  the  mother,  with  her  accustomed  wit  and 
grace,  observed  complacently,  after  the  thing  was  done, 
that  it  was  precisely  the  thing  for  her  to  do,  so  that  she 
again  accepted  the  inevitable  with  a  dignity  of  submission 
both  exemplary  and  beautiful. 

It  was  natural  to  think  that  relations  being  so  intimate 
and  the  daughter  continuing  to  draw  upon  the  vitality  of 
the  mother,  a  period  would  be  reached  when  a  sense  of 


—  ii6— 

grateful  indebtedness  must  develop  and  some  conspicuous 
liberality  express  appreciation  of  such  long-continued 
indulgence.  But  wherein  do  we  discover  the  signs  of 
gratitude?  Is  it  when  more  territory  is  demanded?  Is 
it  when  the  old  parish  again  and  again  shares  with  the 
new  the  sacred  associations  of  the  past?  Is  it  when  one 
after  another  of  our  people  become  absorbed  into  the  busy 
life  of  the  growing  city  ?  Did  we  look  at  the  matter  from 
this  narrow  and  selfish  point  of  view,  small  signs  of  grati- 
tude would  be  detected.  But  we  are  fain  to  confess  that 
such  is  not  a  fair  way  of  putting  it.  For  we  observe  that 
there  has  existed  and  there  continues  to  exist  a  beautiful 
spirit  of  generosity  on  the  part  of  this  First  Church  of 
Bridgeport.  She  gathers  strength  unto  herself,  she 
draws  upon  the  resources  of  the  mother,  she  looks  to  the 
Fairfield  parish  for  various  kinds  of  substantial  encour- 
agement, simply  that  she  may  multiply  her  own  daugh- 
ters, enlarge  her  growing  usefulness,  give  the  first  mother 
the  dignity  and  happiness  of  granddaughters,  quicken 
into  a  more  expansive  life  among  us  the  kingdom  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.  This  is  a  form  of  gratitude  most 
precious  and  ennobling.  The  mother  rejoices  that  the 
daughter  abounds  in  the  many  generous  sacrifices  and 
happy  reduplications  of  life  manifest  in  the  spiritual  his- 
tory of  Bridgeport.  And  that  which  has  been  is  inter- 
preted as  an  earnest  of  that  which  is  to  be — years  and 
generations  of  an  illustrious  past  to  reproduce  themselves 
though  coming  time  in  work  and  character  instinct  with 
the  Spirit  of  God. 

Daughter  Church  of  Bridgeport,  grown  like  your 
mother  to  be  the  honored  mother  of  many  churches,  the 
mother  church  in  Fairfield  extends  her  hands  above  you 
in  loving  benediction.  That  same  uplift  and  outlook  which 
she  craves  for  herself  she  craves  for  her  eldest  child. 
The  two  hundred  and  fifty-six  years  of  the  one  church- 
life  are  almost  equaled  by  the  two  hundred  years  of  the 
other.  It  has  been  an  eventful  and  sublime  epoch.  Dur- 
ing these  two  centuries,  which  have  changed  the  face  of 
the  world  and  wrought  for  the  triumphs  of  liberty,  intel- 
ligence, righteousness,  as  have  no  other  centuries,  mother 


I 


—117— 

and  daughter  have  stood  side  by  side  in  all  honorable 
purpose,  theological  expression,  sincere  consecration,  free- 
hearted gift  of  men,  devout  co-operation  for  the  good  of 
humanity  and  the  exaltation  of  Christ.  Into  these  supreme 
tasks  have  been  compacted  infinite  love,  zeal,  faith,  joy, 
hope.  And  the  fruition  has  appeared  in  Christian  man- 
hood and  womanhood,  rich  and  enduring  contributions  to 
the  worth  of  the  world. 

Daughter  Church,  the  Fairfield  mother  greets  you 
with  affection.  She  counts  your  achievements  as  wit- 
nesses to  the  fidelity  and  sacrifice  vital  to  the  triumphs  of 
our  common  Christianity.  Eminent  and  consecrated  min- 
isters have  served  your  parish  with  notable  success.  The 
people  have  responded  to  wise  and  loving  leadership  with 
significant  unanimity.  The  church  has  entered  into  the 
development  and  prosperity  of  city  and  state  with  an 
energy,  hopefulness,  inspiration,  enthusiasm  known  alone 
to  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church. 

May  coming  days  bring  you  larger  opportunities  and 
richer  powers.  May  the  precious  old-time  associations 
serve  to  broaden  and  deepen  new-time  currents  of  spirit- 
ual activity.  May  the  works  of  generations  gone  be  like 
seed  falling  upon  good  ground,  bringing  forth  some  six- 
fold and  some  an  hundred-fold.  Maj^  this  venerated  Zion 
continue  to  shine  with  multiplied  splendor  and  glory 
amid  the  galaxy  of  churches  which  begem  this  busy,  fruit- 
ful city  by  the  sea  ! 

Dr.  Palmer  :  It  is  not  everybody  that  has  two  moth- 
ers. We,  as  a  church,  rejoice  in  the  fact  that  we  have 
two,  and  having  heard  from  one,  we  now  propose  to  hear 
from  the  other,  the  First  Church  of  Stratford,  represented 
by  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Joel  S.  Ives. 

(2)    First  Church  in  Stratford. 

Rev.  Joel  S.  Ives. 
Rev.  Mr.  Ives  :    Venerable  Daughter,  Christian  friends 
of  this  North  Church   and   the  other  churches    ot    this 
vicinity  : 


— ii8— 

It  was  said  last  night  that  a  child  can  have  but  one 
mother.  To-day,  we  make  real  the  anomaly  of  a  daugh- 
ter with  two  mothers,  unless  it  be  said  that  Fairfield,  in 
this  case,  inasmuch  as  she  permitted  those  thirty-three 
families  to  pay  taxes  for  the  support  of  the  churches  both 
in  Fairfield  and  in  the  new  enterprise,  may  be  called  a 
mother-in-law. 

The  date  from  which  we,  as  Congregationalists,  date 
our  American  history,  is  1620,  when  our  Pilgrim  Fathers 
landed  on  the  shores  of  Plymouth  bay.  It  was  a  little 
company,  which  the  first  winter  decimated  by  privations 
and  disease.  It  would  seem  that  their  first  effort  would 
be  to  strengthen  their  stakes  and  deepen  their  foundations, 
through  the  consolidation  of  all  their  interests.  But 
instead,  they  followed  the  example  of  the  first  Congrega- 
tionalists on  the  western  coasts  of  the  Great  Sea,  They 
went  everywhere  from  Plymouth  bay,  carrying  their  Pur- 
itan conscience  and  their  Congregational  liberty  of  wor- 
ship and  their  Pilgrim  love  of  learning.  It  was  sturdy 
stuff  that  pushed  out  into  the  wilderness,  making  settle- 
ments through  Massachusetts,  even  to  the  banks  of  the 
Connecticut  river  and  the  shores  of  Long  Island  Sound, 
until  there  was  formed  this 

"  Pure  republic,  wild,  yet  strong. 
A  'fierce  democracie '  where  all  are  true 
To  what  themselves  have  voted." 

The  first  Englishman  who  came  to  the  charming  haven 
formed  by  the  incurving  lines  of  Milford  Beach  and  Strat- 
ford Point,  found  here  an  Indian  clan  called  Cupheags, 
which  seems  to  mean  "a  place  shut  in."  But  for  untold 
years  it  was  the  favorite  camping-place  of  Indian  tribes. 
The  Mohicans  appear  to  have  come  from  the  Hudson  to 
the  Housatonic,  camping  first  near  the  falls  at  Kent  and 
thus  naming  the  river  Pootatuck.  What  attracted  the 
Indians  attracted  the  white  man  also,  as  he  looked  upon 
the  beauty  of  the  situation,  as  the  broad  Housatonic 
swept  out  into  the  Sound. 

And  there  are  records  that,  in  1637,  the  Connecticut 
colony    conquered    the    Pequot   and    Pequannock   tribes. 


—  119— 

Thomas  Stanton,  for  many  years  the  Indian  interpreter 
at  Hartford,  writes,  that  in  March  of  1637  there  was 
found  in  Milford  "only  one  house  or  the  karkise  of  one." 
John  Winthrop  came  with  his  company  to  Saybrook  in 
1635  ;  John  Davenport  to  New  Haven  in  1638,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  a  church  was  organized  in  Milford,  with  Mr. 
Prudden  as  the  first  pastor,  while  during  the  same  year 
Rev.  Adam  Blakeman  had  come  down  the  river  from 
Wethersfield,  and,  together  with  those  already  on  the 
ground,  formed  the  first  church  in  Stratford,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty -six  years  ago. 

This  date  cannot  be  assigned  from  documentary  evi- 
dence, as  the  records  of  the  church  previous  to  the  year 
1675  have  been  lost.  But  upon  the  records  of  the  General 
Court  is  this:  "  Sergeant  Nichols  "  is  assigned  "to  train 
men  and  exercise  them  in  military  discipline,"  in  this 
plantation;  and  they  were  also  given  power  "to  choose 
seven  men  from  among  themselves,"  who  should  decide 
"  differences  and  controversies  under  40s."  There  was, 
therefore,  town  government  at  the  mouth  of  the  Housa- 
tonic  in  1639,  and  as  the  late  Professor  Johnson  says,  "it 
would  hardly  be  too  strong  to  say  that  the  establishment 
of  the  town  and  of  the  church  was  coincident." 

Except  for  the  company  who  came  with  the  Rev.  Adam 
Blakeman  from  Massachusetts  after  a  brief  stay  near 
Wethersfield,  your  mother  church  seems  to  have  been 
organized  from  individuals  who  had  gathered  here  and 
not  by  an  organized  company,  as  was  usual.  Mr.  Blake- 
man's  pastorate  continued  till  his  death,  September  7, 
1665,  at  the  age  of  ^j  years.  Thomas  Hooker  says  of 
him:  "  For  the  sake  of  the  sacred  and  solemn  simplicity 
of  the  discourse  of  this  worthy  man,  if  I  might  have  my 
choice  I  would  choose  to  live  and  die  under  Mr.  Blakeman's 
ministry."  His  will  makes  plain  that  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Cambridge  Synod.  His  home  was  at  the  corner  of 
Stratford  avenue  and  Elm  street,  west  of  the  site  of  the 
first  meeting-house.  In  165 1  it  was  voted,  "by  the  town 
in  public  meetings,"  that  "  Mr.  Blakeman  shall  have  sixty 
pounds  and  pay  part  of  his  own  rate." 


— 120 — 

Five  months  before  the  death  of  Mr.  Blakeman  the 
town  voted  to  call  Mr.  Israel  Chauncey  "  to  help  Mr.  Blake- 
man in  the  ministry  for  a  year,"  and  in  June,  1666,  there 
was  a  "  mutual  agreement  "  for  his  settlement.  He  was 
the  son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey,  president  of  Har- 
vard College,  and  father  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey, 
the  first  pastor  of  this  church.  He  was  born  in  1644,  and 
was  actively  engaged  in  the  founding  of  Yale  College, 
being  chosen,  November  11,  1701,  as  the  rector  of  the  col- 
lege, but  declined  the  honor,  probably  because  of  failing 
health,  as  he  died  March  4,  1703.  Nathaniel  Chauncey, 
his  nephew,  and  the  first  graduate  of  Yale  College,  in 
1702,  was  called  to  the  vacant  pastorate,  but  he  declined 
the  call. 

Israel  Chauncey  was  an  honored  name  in  the  colony. 
His  ministry  of  thirty-eight  years  in  Stratford,  marked  by 
great  wisdom  in  affairs  and  dignity  of  character,  means 
much,  both  to  the  mother  church  and  to  this  daughter 
church  as  well.  His  studies  included  medicine  in  addi- 
tion to  theology,  and  during  the  troublous  times  of  the 
Narragansett  war  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  council  of 
the  army,  and  by  this  council  ordered  to  "go  forth  with 
the  army  as  their  chirurgeon." 

During  Mr.  Chauncey's  pastorate  the  differences  of  opin- 
ion resulting  from  the  half- way  covenant,  together  with 
other  causes,  brought  about  the  formation  of  the  Second 
Church  in  Stratford,  almost  thirty  years  before  the  date 
which  we  celebrate  to-day.  This  movement  resulted  in 
the  migration  to  the  "  wilderness  of  Pomeraug,"  and  the 
formation  of  the  First  Church  of  Woodbury. 

The  first  house  of  worship  in  Stratford  was  probably 
like  the  picture  yonder,  except  that  there  must  have  been 
a  place  for  a  bell,  probably  in  the  lookout  on  its  top,  as  a 
means  of  safety  from  the  skulking  Indians.  This  bell  was 
the  first  of  which  there  is  any  record  in  the  colonies. 

In  1 661  "  it  was  agreed  that  there  shall  be  a  gallery 
builded  in  the  meeting-house  in  the  convenient  place." 
This  building  was  torn  down  in  168 1,  and  some  of  the 
materials  of  its  construction  are  in  existence. 


— 121  — 

The  second  meeting-house  was  built  in  1681,  near  the 
present  soldiers'  monument,  on  what  was  then  called 
"  Watch  Hill,"  its  dimensions  being  "48  feet  in  length,  42 
feet  in  breadth  and  16  feet  between  joints."  By  vote  of 
the  town  this  building  was  seated  in  accordance  with  the 
amount  paid  toward  its  construction,  the  amount  voted 
being  one  hundred  pounds.  In  1689,  it  was  voted  to  for- 
tify the  house,  so  that  it  could  be  used  "  as  a  place  of  secu- 
rity for  women  and  children." 

Dating  thus  from  the  beginning  of  Stratford  and  Fair- 
field, we  are  contemplating  the  history  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six  years.  It  was  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
years  from  the  founding  of  the  mother  churches  to  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  and  only  one  hundred  and 
nineteen  years  since  that  date. 

Who  can  measure  the  meaning  of  these  figures  ? 

But  there  is  a  wider  sweep  of  historic  forces — it  is  the 
universal  Church  of  God.  Our  Congregational  church 
has  a  larger  place  in  the  kingdom  of  God  on  earth.  Our 
freedom  of  worship,  our  liberty  of  thought,  our  protest 
against  hierarchy,  "the  common  priesthood  of  believers," 
our  zeal  for  the  kingdom  of  righteousness  and  truth,  these 
are  our  heritage  and  these  are  the  things  we  would  bear 
onward  to  the  church  universal. 

The -mother  church  of  Stratford  gives  to-day  to  her 
second  daughter  her  warmest  congratulations  upon  this 
two-hundreth  birthday  and  her  assurances  of  co-operation, 
both  with  pastor  and  people,  in  the  work  which  God  gives 
us  to  do. 

"  Hail  ancient  church  !     Lift  high  thy  voice. 
Through  centuries  yet  to  come  rejoice. 
The  church  triumphant  waits,  and  we 
Shall  join  the  immortal  company." 

Dr.  Palmer  :  Let  us  unite  in  singing  to  one  of  the  old 
tunes,  in  which  we  can  all  unite,  the  329th  hymn. 
Hymn  329.     "  Ye  tribes  of  Adam  join." 

Dr.  Palmer  (after  singing  the  first  verse) :  Let  us  do 
better  than  that  on  the  next  verse,  all  sing  ;  (after  singing 
the  second  verse)  that  is  better,  now  better  still. 


— 122 — 

Dr.  Palmer:  Sixty-five  years  ago,  friends,  to-day, 
strange  it  ma}^  seem  to  you,  there  was  not  a  store  or  a 
shop  upon  Main  street ;  it  was  full  of  residences,  and  so 
were  the  cross  streets ;  State  street.  Wall  street.  Bank 
street  and  John  street,  all  this  part  of  the  town  was  a  res- 
idential section.  The  stores  were  all  together  in  Water 
street.  There  was  a  house  and  garden  where  the  Atlantic 
Hotel  stands,  there  were  houses  and  gardens  extending  to 
the  water  on  the  shore  where  now  the  Consolidated 
Road's  freight  houses  are.  It  is  difficult  for  us  to  con- 
ceive how  different  a  locality  this  was  then,  from  what  it 
is  now.  This  church  was  in  the  center  of  the  population. 
Now,  I  suppose,  there  came  to  be  so  many  people  in  need 
of  church  privileges  that  there  was  a  reason  for  a  division. 
At  any  rate  a  division  came  about,  a  division  which  at 
that  time  was  regretted  here,  but  doubtless  proved  to  be 
for  the  good  of  the  community. 

When  that  division  originated  the  Second  Church,  I 
believe  that  the  people  who  stood  by  the  old  church  were 
sorry  to  see  them  go ;  but  they  are  exceedingly  happy 
that  in  the  preparations  for  this  occasion  and  in  carrying 
on  the  arrangements  of  this  occasion  they  came  back  here 
and  are  here  with  us  on  the  same  footing  with  ourselves. 

Now  we  are  going  to  hear  from  the  pastor  of  the 
Second  Church,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Russell. 

►J* 
WORDS    FROM    THE    DAUGHTER   CHURCHES. 

(i)    The  South  Church. 

Rev.  Frank  Russell,  D.D. 

Dr.  Russell:  Christian  Friends  of  the  North  Church, 
and  of  the  other  Associated  Churches  and  of  all  the 
Churches  : 

I  feel  very  happy  indeed  to  be  able  to  stand  here  and 
give  my  testimony  to  the  greatness  of  this  occasion. 
When  I  first  contemplated  coming  to  Bridgeport  I  knew 
nothing  about  Bridgeport.     I  knew  something  about  two 


—123— 

men  in  Bridgeport ;  they  were  very  attractive.  One  of 
them  had  had  quite  a  career  and  has  gone.  His  name 
was  P.  T.  Barnum.  The  other  was  having  his  career,  and 
that  was  Dr.  Pahner  ;  and  those  two  names  were  very  sig- 
nificant in  my  first  acquaintance  with  Bridgeport. 

I  little  thought  that  within  a  year  and  a  half  I  should  be 
ushered  into  such  a  celebration  as  this,  the  sacredness  of 
which  has  not  3'et  been  half  told.  It  is  more  significant 
than  we  think.  Our  fathers,  whose  careers  have  been 
enumerated  here,  builded,  as  we  see  now,  wiser  than  they 
knew  ;  and  I  feel  like  sa3n'ng  that  the  projectors  of  this 
commemorative  occasion  were  building  a  great  deal  wiser 
and  greater  than  they  knew.  There  were  giants  in  those 
older  days;  we  have  had  them  named,  we  have  had  the 
roll  call.  We  have  found  their  descendants  still  here. 
We  have  gathered  in  these  great  congregations — this  is 
the  fourth  and  the  last,  and  some  of  us  begin  to  feel  this 
ought  not  to  be  the  last.  We  would  stay  in  such  a  frame  as 
this, and  we  would  keep  this  decorated  tabernacle  awhile. 
It  has  been  my  thought  to-da}'  that  it  is  most  too  bad  to 
go  down  from  this  mountain  top  without  the  Sunday 
school  children  of  Bridgeport  coming  in  here  and  into  the 
adjoining  building,  and  have  the  significance  of  these 
things  explained  to  them  ;  yea,  every  school  child  in 
Bridgeport,  boy  or  girl,  should  be  permitted,  as  we  have 
been  permitted,  to  have  realized  before  them  the  com- 
memoration of  this  great  scene.  I  know  some  of  them 
have  been  taken  out  of  the  public  schools  to-day  for 
that  special  purpose,  that  they  may  have  a  sight  at  the 
relics,  the  decorations,  in  order  that  they  may  be  in- 
structed more  appropriately  as  to  what  this  gathering 
means.  Emphasis  has  been  given  to  the  leadership  and 
the  great  instructors  which  this  church  has  had  from 
its  beginning.  But  I  think  it  is  worth  while  to  mention 
the  years  of  humble  common  ministry  of  a  church,  not 
of  a  pulpit  merely,  but  of  the  membership  of  the  church, 
the  ten  thousand  instances  of  kindly  sympathetic  attention 
to  the  sick  and  the  poor,  the  greetings  of  new  comers,  the 
cordial  affiliations  and  sympathy  with  those  who  were  in 


— 124 — 

trouble,  the  unnumbered  instances  of  counsel  given  and 
received  ;  all  of  this  permeating  the  life  of  the  community, 
strengthening  and  blessing  it,  till  after  the  two  hundred 
years  of  the  outpouring  of  such  streams  we  are  enabled 
to  sit  here  and  say  to  each  other — what  a  congregation  of 
faces,  mature,  strong,  showing  great  character  ! 

Then  we  remember  how  it  is  in  the  Western  churches, 
that  ministers  are  told  of  all  new  comers — "family  moved 
in  over  on. such  a  street.  Where  did  they  come  from? 
Well,  they  came  from  Illinois,  Indiana,  came  from  Ohio, 
came  from  Pennsylvania — well,  I  will  get  around  in  a  few 
days  and  try  and  make  their  acquaintance." 

But  told  that  a  family  has  moved  in  at  such  another 
number.  "Where  did  they  come  from?"  "  They  came 
from  Connecticut."  "Where  is  my  hat?"  They  only 
lose  ten  minutes  before  they  see  that  family.  (Laughter.) 
And  they  will  testify  to  you  personally  the  reason  for 
these  different  acts.  When  we  find  a  New  England  Con- 
gregational family  we  know  generally  they  have  their  let- 
ters with  them  or  they  will  come  very  soon,  and  go  right 
into  the  church  with  the  family,  ready  at  once  for  services. 
He  will  not  board  around  for  two  or  three  years  before  he 
finds  a  boarding-place,  but  will  attend  to  his  church  duties 
as  he  attends  to  his  ordinary  duties,  in  a  clear,  good, 
prompt  manner.  And  he  will  be  in  his  place  in  the 
church  at  work  right  off;  because  he  is  accustomed  to  it. 
He  has  borne  burdens  and  he  expects  to  enter  into  that 
church-life  in  his  new  place. 

Now  that  will  hardly  be  matched  by  families  commonly, 
on  an  average,  moving  from  other  states.  It  is  that  train- 
ing in  this  land  of  steady,  strong  habits.  I  confess  person- 
ally that  I  was  proud  to  have  my  own  lineage  familiarly 
mapped  out  so  that  some  of  these  scenes  seemed  very 
familiar.  Well,  I  came  from  England  in  1638  and  landed 
with  John  Davenport's  congregation  in  the  first  ship  that 
touched  at  New  Haven  or  Quinnipiack  harbor,  and  under 
the  Center  Church  was  buried  both  the  father  and  the  son 
who  came  over.  The  first  one  born  in  this  country  grad- 
uated from  Harvard,  a  tutor  there  for  a  time,  one  of  the 


—  125  — 

founders  of  Yale,  pastor  of  Middletown  for  twenty-six 
years,  and  his  son  in  Rocky  Hill,  then  Wethersfield  thirty- 
four  years,  each  of  them  buried  at  the  close  of  their  pas- 
torate, and  so  on  till  the)^  come  down  to  me,  the  eighth. 
I  was  very  glad  also  to  hear  about  the  Saybrook  platform 
and  the  scenes  of  the  settlement  of  the  territory  and  the 
establishment  of  the  churches  about  here.  It  was  expected, 
I  suppose,  that  I  should  speak  something  about  the  South 
Church.  It  is  only  for  the  purpose  of  representing  it  that 
I  am  here  at  this  time  with  these  remarks.  I  thought, 
when  it  was  suggested  to  me  that  the  children  of  this  dear 
old  mother  church  should  have  something  to  say  respect- 
ing each  family,  that  it  would  be  rather  a  difficult  matter 
for  me  to  say  anything  on  that  point;  but  the  more  I 
looked  into  it  the  more  I  found  it  a  very  pleasant  message 
that  I  should  bring.  When  I  first  began  to  inquire  about 
it  in  the  South  Church,  1  said,  "  You  say  we  separated 
from  the  North  Church?"  "Yes — but  it  was  over  sixty 
years  ago."  Well,  that  sounded  better.  "  Then  there 
was  some  unpleasantness  between  the  North  and  the 
South  ?  we  hear  it  spoken  of  sometimes."  O  yes,  but 
there  is  an  abundance  of  peace  now.  Well,  I  think  there 
ought  to  be,  there  are  strong  members  in  the  South 
Church  that  united  with  it  before  I  was  born.  Then  1 
said  to  one  and  another,  "  What  was  the  cause  of  the  divi- 
sion between  the  North  Church  and  the  South  Church?" 
The  first  one  said,  "  Well,  it  was  something  about  theol- 
ogy." Then  I  asked  the  next  one,  "  What  was  the  cause 
of  the  separation  of  the  South  Church  from  the  North 
Church?"  "Something  about  theology."  I  asked  the 
next  one,  and  he  said  something  about  theology,  and  I 
never  got  further  than  that,  excepting  in  one  case.  One 
of  them  said,  "  It  was  something  about  theology,  I  believe, 
New  Haven  theology  ;  "  and  that  is  as  far  as  1  have  ever 
had  any  explanation  given  to  me. 

I  was  reminded  of  the  man  who  bestowed  a  great  deal 
of  his  attention  upon  his  theological  convictions,  so  that 
he  might  stand  up  to  them.  "  Now,  I  believe,"  he  says, 
"  that  God  foreordained,  or  else  that  he  had  foreknown 


126 

— well,  whichever  way  it  is  I  don't  know,  but  I  believe  in 
it."     (Laughter.) 

As  to  any  modern  difficulty  or  difference  between  the 
North  Church  and  South  Church,  I  never  found  a  single 
glimmer,  or  look,  or  tone  that  had  in  it  any  lack  of  per- 
fect harmony  between  the  two  bodies.  Indeed,  they  are 
not  very  far  apart,  five  hundred  feet;  they  didn't  go  very 
far  South  to  get  the  name  of  the  South  Church.  I  have 
tried  to  read  up  the  history  about  the  circumstances  when 
they  did  go.  And  I  found  that  when  the  separation  com- 
menced and  one  hundred  and  seventeen  wanted  to  go  and 
form  a  new  church,  here  was  the  mother  that  followed 
them  with  love  and  with  gifts,  and  when  they  talked 
about  building  a  building,  handed  over  $2,000  to  help 
them.  That  don't  look  like  any  great  degree  of  unpleas- 
antness between  the  North  Church  and  the  South  Church. 
And  then  right  away,  before  they  had  their  wooden  build- 
ing built  that  cost  $5,000,  they  had  a  revival  of  religion  in 
which  it  is  on  record  that  both  churches  heartily  joined 
and  reaped  great  fruits.  Well,  that  first  year  of  division 
seems  to  have  been  a  glorious  year ;  and  then  Dr.  Hewitt 
was  called ;  he  stayed  just  as  long  as  dear  Dr.  Palmer  has 
been  in  this  church;  and  I  cannot  find  a  single  glimmer 
of  any  difference  between  the  two  churches. 

I  find  traces  of  a  great  deal  of  heroism  that  belonged 
to  the  South  Church.  I  read  in  their  records  with  abso- 
lute amazement  that  they  commenced  the  burden  of 
building  the  present  edifice  just  at  the  beginning  of  the 
war,  and  that  in  1862,  right  in  the  midst  of  the  conflict 
that  was  draining  the  very  life  out  of  communities,  they 
completed  it  for  liberty  and  the  Gospel.  (Applause.)  I 
say  that  was  grand  and  it  was  wonderful  ;  and  I  rather 
fancy  there  must  have  been  a  good  deal  of  sympathy, 
active  and  valuable  sympathy,  from  the  brethren  of  the 
North  Church  when  that  was  done. 

I  have  no  particular  occasion  to  pursue  the  details  of 
the  history.  That  has  a  more  substantial  record,  for 
there  stands  the  building  which  represents  the  South 
Church.     I  have  one  more  thought  that  has  been  upper- 


— 12/ — 

most  in  my  heart  in  all  the  sessions  of  this  gathering  ;  and 
that  is  the  purpose,  the  common  purpose  which  is  before 
us  and  before  all  of  the  churches  of  this  cluster  of  churches 
in  this  city — the  promotion  of  the  same  Gospel;  there  is 
no  new  Gospel.  If  sixty-five  years  ago  there  was  any 
exploited  in  the  minds  of  any  at  the  time  of  the  division 
it  certainly  must  have  been  given  up,  because  it  has  been 
the  same  Gospel  ever  since  which  the  two  churches  have 
proclaimed,  the  everlasting  Gospel  of  the  forgiveness  of 
sins  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  and  the  churches 
are  sent  to  push  that  Gospel  into  the  homes  and  into  the 
hearts  of  all  who  dwell  around  about  them,  and  into  the 
regions  beyond  to  the  remotest  parts  of  the  earth. 

The  churches  that  have  been  formed  in  Bridgeport 
have  been  missionary  churches.  They  have  been  mis- 
sionary churches  at  home,  as  well  as  abroad  ;  they  would 
not  be  missionary  churches  abroad  had  they  not  been 
missionary  churches  at  home.  So  my  thought  to-day  is 
that  we  are  here  in  a  common  warfare ;  our  methods 
almost  exactly  the  same,  yes,  exactly  the  same  ;  our  pur- 
poses the  same,  our  gospel  ths  same,  our  songs  the  same, 
our  prayers  the  same,  our  prayers  in  behalf  of  each  other 
the  same  and  constant ;  and  the  work  that  comes  before 
us  to  do  is  to  minister  with  all  the  churches  upon  every 
street,  and  in  every  home  in  this  community,  that  people 
may  be  brought  into  some  of  the  churches  in  proportion- 
ate numbers  to  recognize  the  kingship  of  our  risen  Christ, 
and  to  follow  Him  in  activity  of  purpose,  in  humility  of 
life  ;  recognizing  Him  and  walking  to  the  same  church 
with  His  people,  alike  in  their  activity  to  spread  the 
Gospel  in  this  region,  and  extend  it  to  many  others. 
May  this  be  our  prayer,  may  this  be  our  purpose,  may 
this  be  our  hope,  that  the  generations  of  children  yet  to 
come  may  at  the  end  of  another  century  have  to  enumer- 
ate that  on  the  latest  of  the  then  three  centuries  there 
has  been  great  activity  and  great  presence  and  power  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  hearts  of  the  people,  in  the  enlarge- 
ment and  furtherance  of  our  common  Gospel.  God  bless 
the  churches  of  this  city,  God  bless  this  North  Church, 
the  original  church  of  this  city.     (Loud  applause.) 


—  128— 

Dr.  Palmer:  The  next  movement  growing-  out  of  the 
abundance  of  life  in  the  First  Church  was  a  mission 
school.  There  was  a  new  community  beyond  the  river. 
When  I  came  to  this  city,  Park  St.  Church  had  grown 
out  of  that  mission  school  and  was,  for  the  first  time,  try- 
ing to  get  on  without  missionary  help.  It  was  feeling  its 
feet  beneath  it,  it  was  beginning  to  walk,  it  was  gathering 
strength.  I  have  watched  its  growth  from  that  time  on. 
I  have  been  extremely  interested  in  seeing  its  progress; 
some  of  its  pastors  have  been  very  dear  to  me.  It  hq.s 
grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest  and  strongest  churches  in 
the  city  and  we  have  rejoiced  in  its  growth.  It  has 
shown  a  commendable  spirit,  not  only  in  bearing  its  own 
burdens,  but  in  taking  the  lead  to  further  church  exten- 
sion. We  rejoice  to  see  that ;  we  rejoice  in  its  present 
prosperity,  and  are  extremely  glad  to  welcome  here 
to-day  its  gifted  pastor,  from  whom  we  hope  to  hear  at 
this  time. 


(2)    The  Park  St.  Church. 

Rev.  Edward  Grier  Fullerton,  Ph.D. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fullerton:  Dr.  Palmer,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men— I  am  sure  that  we  all  feel  like  extending  our  sym- 
pathies to  Dr.  Russell  for  having  had  a  relative  in 
Wethersfield  for  thirty-four  years.  He  was  certainly 
very  honest  to  tell  us  about  it,  and  I  know  we  would  all 
be  glad  to  sign  an  application  for  the  estimable  gentle- 
man's pardon  if  he  were  still  alive.     (Laughter.) 

A  story  has  gone  the  rounds  of  late  which  tells  of  a 
little  girl  who  was  very  proud  of  her  family  ties.  She 
was  once  watching  her  mother,  who  was  more  than 
usually  well  dressed  at  the  time,  and,  after  a  few  moments 
of  silent  inspection,  said,  with  a  satisfied  sigh  :  "  Oh, 
mother,  how  sweet  you  do  look !  I'm  so  glad  you  married 
into  our  family  ! "  I  know  that  to-day  these  assembled 
churches  are  saying  the  same  thing,  from  the  bottom  of 
their  hearts,  about  their  mother. 


— 129 — 

A  clerical  friend  in  an  adjoining  parish  told  me  of  the 
shrewd  saying  of  a  child  that  he  and  his  wife  had  adopted. 
The  little  one  did  not  understand,  of  course,  the  legal 
measures  it  was  necessary  to  go  through  before  she 
became  really  theirs,  but  she  knew  something  was  going 
to  happen,  and  looked  with  great  eagerness  for  the  papers 
to  come.  When  at  last  they  arrived,  her  new  mother 
threw  them  down  before  her  and  said  :  "  Now  you  are  as 
much  my  little  girl  as  though  you  were  born  in  this 
house."  To  this  the  child  responded  pleasantly:  "Yes, 
and  you  are  just  as  much  my  mother  as  though  foti  were 
born  in  the  house, — aren't  you?"  There  is  an  excellent 
application  to  that  story,  but  it  has  slipped  my  mind  just 
now.     Never  mind.     Let  it  pass.     (Laughter.) 

There  is  no  need  of  extended  remark  from  me  at  this 
time.  You  naturally  expected  lengthy  speeches  from  the 
old  mother  churches  of  us  all, —Fairfield  and  Stratford, 
for  when  mothers  get  to  talking  of  their  children,  they 
never  do  know  when  to  stop.  You  naturally  expected, 
too,  to  hear  something  good  from  the  big  sister,  the 
South  Church,  and  you  were  not  disappointed.  By  the 
way,  I  have  never  been  quite  able  to  make  out  the  rela- 
tionship of  my  church  and  the  South.  Is  she  partly  a 
progenitor  and  partly  a  contemporary  ?  I  usually  have 
to  satisfy  myself  by  saying:  "  Well,  as  she  is  a  block  or 
two  more  distant  from  us  than  the  First  Church  is,  we 
can  just  call  her  a  step-father''     (Laughter.) 

You  also  look  for  a  good  deal  from  the  younger  chil- 
dren— Olivet,  West  End,  and  the  baby,  the  King's  High- 
way Chapel.  You  are  waiting  now,  I  know,  to  hear 
their  innocent  and  merry  prattle,  and  I  shall  not  detain 
you  long. 

The  gathering  of  this  afternoon  is  in  some  respects  the 
feature  of  the  whole  celebration.  This  is  true,  not 
because  we  have  superior  talent  to  display,  for  the  meet- 
ing yesterday  afternoon,  with  your  pastor's  scholarly  and 
accurate  historic  address  ;  of  last  night,  with  the  greet- 
ings from  brethren  of  other  denominations ;  of  this  morn- 
ing, with  its  array  of  distinguished  speakers,  it  would  be 
9 


—ISO- 
hard  for  us  to  compete  with.  But  you  must  remember 
that  this  is  distinctly  a  family  gathering,  in  which  the 
mother,  the  grandparents,  and  the  children,  have  come 
together  to  felicitate  each  other  on  this  interesting  period 
in  the  career  of  one  of  our  number.  As  such,  an  interest 
attaches  to  this  meeting  that  is  peculiar,  and  all  its  own. 

Well,  we  are  very  proud,  I  can  assure  you,  of  our  her- 
itage. I  speak,  I  know,  not  only  for  my  church,  but  for 
all  the  rest  as  well.  We  were  glad  to  learn,  3'esterday 
afternoon,  of  the  close  relationship  there  was  between  .us 
and  old  Stratford  and  Fairfield, — glad  to  know  that  the 
ties  that  bind  us  are  stronger  and  closer  than  railroad 
ties.  It  is  comforting  to  be  assured  of  the  exact  statistics 
of  our  heritage — thirteen  of  our  forefathers  coming  from 
Stratford,  and  thirty-three  from  Fairfield.  Inherited 
tendencies  are  hard  to  trace  with  any  degree  of  exactness, 
but  from  the  mystic  thirteen  of  Stratford  we  have  all 
perhaps  inherited  the  go-ahead  spirit,  the  tendency  to 
"  make  things  hum  "  that  is  such  a  feature  of  the  insect 
life  at  least  of  that  pleasant  suburb  of  ours.  Possibly, 
also, — for  there  is  nothing  more  contradictory  than  differ- 
ent traits  in  the  same  character,  we  also  have  from  her 
that  sleepiness,  that  unwillingness  to  do  church  work 
that  a  scattered  few  of  our  number  show.  For  Stratford 
is  an  intensely  soporific  spot,  you  know.  Brother  Wood- 
ruff, of  Black  Rock,  has  in  fact  evolved  from  his  witty 
consciousness  a  conundrum  regarding  the  beloved  pastor 
of  Stratford  Church.  "  Why  is  Brother  Ives  like  Shakes- 
peare?" "Because  he  is  buried  in  Stratford."  From 
Fairfield  we  probably  inherit  our  pride,  our  satisfaction 
with  ourselves,  our  firm  belief  that  "  we  are  the  people," 
or  at  least  a  very  important  part  of  them.  Why,  Fair- 
field is  so  content  with  herself  that  she  didn't  even  want 
the  trolley,  and  the  trolley  retaliates  by  shaking  off  the 
dust  from  her  wheels  upon  poor  Fairfield  every  time  she 
goes  through  the  town. 

I  think  especially  at  this  time,  however,  of  what  my 
own  church,  in  particular,  owes  to  her  mother,  the  Old 
First.     It  is  familiarly  said,  you  remember,  that  the  train- 


—131— 

ing-  of  a  child  should  begin  two  hundred  years  before  it  is 
born,  and  ours  has  begun  two  hundred,  or  nearly,  before 
that — to  us — interesting  event.  One  of  the  marked  fea- 
tures in  the  life  of  this  church,  as  you  noticed  all  through 
the  history  of  3^esterday  afternoon,  has  been  her  courage, 
her  steadfastness,  her  indomitable  spirit  in  the  face  of 
obstacles.  I  look  back  at  the  first  beginnings  of  Park 
Street,  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  and,  seeing  the  same 
traits  strongly  marked  there,  realize  that  she  came  hon- 
estly, by  these  first  requisites  of  success. 

Then,  too,  our  Mother  Church  has  been  very  fond  of 
children.  Her  bump  of  philoprogenitiveness  has  been 
strongly  marked.  She  has  constantly  been  sending  out 
infant  churches,  until  quite  a  "quiver  full  of  them  "  have 
sprung  up  around  her.  We  have  tried  to  be  true  to  our 
heritage  in  this  respect,  also,  and,  though  little  past  our 
majority,  have  a  flourishing  child  in  the  King's  Highway 
Chapel,  that  has  recently  begun  life  of  its  own  account. 
It  seems  a  little  dreadful  that  thirty  or  forty  of  the  mem- 
bers should  suddenly  become  "highwaymen,"  but  those 
things  will  happen  sometimes.     (Laughter.) 

And  now  I  trust  that  we  may  be  true  to  our  mother  in 
other  respects,  and  as  we  inevitably  must  grow  old,  do  so 
as  gracefully  as  she  has  done.  It  is  our  hope  and  prayer 
that  our  children  may  rise  up  and  call  us  blessed,  as  hers 
have  done  for  her  to-day  :  that  our  history  may  be  as 
brave  and  noble  a  history  as  that  which  she  looks  back 
upon  :  and  that  when  we  leave  the  church  militant  on 
earth  to  join  the  shining  ranks  of  the  Church  Triumphant 
in  heaven,  we  may  have  as  man}'  stars  of  rejoicing  as  we 
know  will  glitter  in  her  crown.     (Applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer:  This  morning,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
President  D wight  was  anxious  to  take  a  train,  and  his 
time  was  getting  a  little  short,  an  interlude  was  left  out  of 
the  programme,  which  I  want  to  have  introduced  at  this 
time,  the  choir  leading.  Perhaps  you  will  be  refreshed  if 
you  rise  while  singing. 

Interlude,    "  The  breaking  waves  dashed  high." 


—  132— 

Dr.  Palmer  :  It  is  in  the  neighborhood  of  twenty-five 
years  ago  that  certain  members  of  this  church  felt  that 
something  must  be  done  with  the  northern  part  of  the 
city.  And  one  member  of  this  congregation  became 
responsible  for  the  renting  of  a  hall,  for  the  furtherance 
of  church  work  in  that  section.  The  memory  of  one  of 
those  who  survives  testifies  that  at  the  first  service  there 
were  five  persons.  There  were  three  teachers  and  two 
pupils.  That  was  the  beginning  of  the  Olivet  Church,  a 
church  which  has  now  become  one  of  the  strong  and  hope- 
ful churches  in  the  city,  but  which,  for  a  great  while,  had 
a  painful  struggle  to  make  good  its  right  to  be.  We  are 
proud  of  the  eminence  which  it  has  reached,  and  its 
promise  for  the  future,  and  we  greatly  love  the  man  who 
ministers  to  it  and  who  has  done  so  much  to  make  it  the 
exceedingly  alive  and  prosperous  church  it  has  become. 
I  am  glad  to  introduce  the  Rev.  Edwin  K.  Holden. 

(3)    Olivet  Church. 

Rev.  Edwin  K.  Holden. 

Rev.  Mr.  Holden  :  We  are  glad  to  recognize  to-day 
the  truth  of  the  Proverb  (17:6),  that  "The  glory  of  chil- 
dren are  their  fathers."  The  daughter  for  whom  I  speak 
is  most  happy  in  this  anniversary  of  her  mother.  She 
bears  to  you  congratulations,  gratitude  and  affection. 
She  congratulates  you  on  your  venerable  years,  on  the 
magnificent  service  which  you  have  rendered  the  com- 
munity in  particular,  and  humanity  in  general,  through 
the  long  period  of  your  ministration. 

As  I  listened  to  that  splendid  discourse  by  Dr.  Palmer, 
yesterday  afternoon,  and  saw  this  panorama  on  the  wall 
marking  so  suggestively  the  advance  of  our  civilization, 
and  heard  the  names  of  those  eminent  men,  some  of  whom 
we  have  listened  to  to-day,  whose  roots  run  back  to  this 
church,  I  venture  the  statement  that  among  all  the  forces 
that  have  combined  in  the  last  two  hundred  years  in  shap- 
ing and  realizing  the  best  institutions  and  life  of  this 
entire  community,  not  one  has  been  more  potent  than  this 
First  Church  of  Christ. 


—133— 

But  this  fact  is  so  prominent  that  it  has  been  emphasized 
in  the  thought  of  all  who  have  spoken  upon  this  occasion. 

I  would  have  been  glad  to  hear  some  one  speak  upon 
the  relation  of  this  church  to  the  great  missionary  work 
of  our  societies.  It  gives  a  fine  opportunity  to  discover 
the  spirit  of  the  church.  Its  zeal  in  this  direction  has 
been  most  marked.  I  took  occasion  to  look  back  over  her 
records  and  I  found,  as  I  expected  to  find,  that  she  has 
been  among  the  foremost  in  missionary  enterprise. 

It  was  natural,  therefore,  that  this  missionary  zeal 
should  show  itself  in  its  own  city.  In  church  extension 
in  this  city,  this  church  has  taken  the  lead.  It  is  for  me 
to  speak  only  for  one  child  of  her  love  and  fostering  care. 

The  records  of  the  Olivet  Congregational  Church  begin 
as  follows:  "About  the  year  1868,  a  mission  Sabbath 
school  was  established  in  the  northern  part  of  Bridgeport, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  North  Congregational  Church." 
November  16,  1870,  a  church  was  organized.  You  will  ob- 
serve, therefore,  that  on  the  i6th  of  next  November,  this 
daughter  will  celebrate  her  twenty-fifth  anniversary,  to 
which  the  mother  church  will  have  a  most  cordial  welcome. 
I  have  felt  that  this  church  must  have  a  great  deal  of  affec- 
ticn  for  Olivet  Church,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  on  the 
principle  that  parents  always  feel  a  little  more  tender 
towards  a  child  that  has  been  a  great  deal  of  care  to  them 
and  has  caused  them  much  anxiety  and  solicitude.  Oli- 
vet Church  certainly  had  a  struggle  for  existence.  But 
this  church  never  forsook  her.  It  was  your  money  that 
kept  her  doors  open,  when  other  resources  failed.  I  have 
heard  the  story  of  how  the  pastor  of  this  church,  with  one 
of  his  saintly  members,  who  is  still  spared  among  us  a 
benediction  to  all  who  know  her,  met  together  to  see 
what  could  be  done  to  keep  the  doors  open  for  another 
3^ear,  and  solved  the  question  by  each  pledging  $500. 
From  this  time  her  steps  began  to  be  more  firm  ;  slowly 
but  surely  she  has  been  making  her  way.  Her  history 
for  the  last  three  or  four  years  is  well  known  to  you,  for 
you  have  been  in  it,  you  have  largely  made  it.  Your 
money  has  been  largely  instrumental  in  giving  us  a  habi- 


—134— 

tation  in  which  we  all  take  delight.  So  we  come  to  you 
to-day  from  a  good,  beautiful  and  commodious  home, 
happy  in  our  work,  not  only  to  congratulate  you,  but 
also  to  express  to  you  our  gratitude  and  our  affection. 

I  should  not  be  true  to  myself  to-day,  if  I  did  not 
express  my  high  regard  for,  and  my  personal  indebted- 
ness to  Dr.  Palmer,  If  it  is  not  in  good  taste  to  speak  in 
this  personal  way  in  Dr.  Palmer's  presence,  then  I  know 
of  no  other  way  but  to  consider  him  for  a  few  moments 
as  absent. 

Perhaps  you  are  familiar  with  the  story  told  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Williams  and  Dr.  Emmons.  Each  wrote  the 
funeral  sermon  of  the  other  with  the  mutual  understand- 
ing that  the  one  who  should  survive  the  other  should 
read  at  the  funeral  of  the  deceased  the  discourse  as  pre- 
viously prepared.  They  lived  on  to  advanced  years,  when 
Dr.  Emmons,  being  the  older,  and  thinking  he  might  die 
first,  wished  to  know  what  his  friend  would  say  about 
him,  so  he  asked  him  to  read  to  him  his  discourse.  Mr. 
Williams  consented,  and  during  the  reading  Dr.  Emmons 
interrupted  him  with  some  remarks  or  criticism,  when 
Mr.  Williams  said,  "  Be  quiet,  sir,  remember  that  for  all 
the  purposes  of  this  discourse  you  are  a  dead  man."  So 
"for  all  the  purposes  of  my  words,"  Dr.  Palmer  is  not 
present. 

I  want  to  say  frankly,  that  1  have  counted  the  friend- 
ship of  Dr.  Palmer  as  one  of  my  best  blessings,  since  I 
have  been  in  Bridgeport.  I  will  tell  you  what  has  made 
me  esteem  and  honor  Dr.  Palmer.  I  came  here  ten  years 
ago  last  spring  from  the  Seminary  to  engage  in  Christian 
work  in  the  Olivet  Mission.  Ten  years  ago  last  Sunday 
I  was  ordained  to  the  Christian  ministry.  The  ordaining 
prayer  was  made  by  Dr.  Palmer.  By  him  I  was  formally 
set  apart  to  the  Christian  ministry.  I  was  without  exper- 
ience, and  in  a  strange  land,  and  from  that  day  to  this  he 
has  been  to  me  counsellor  and  friend.  His  home,  in 
which  at  that  time  was  that  noble  woman,  whose  name 
and  great  kindness  will  never  be  forgotten  by  those  of 
you  who  knew  her,  has  been  so  cordially  open  to  me  and 


—135— 

mine,  that  I  regret  that  there  should  be  even  a  rumor  that 
his  residence  will  soon  be  transferred  to  another  city. 
Hence  my  esteem  and  affection. 

Again  we  all  know  that  this  community  is  more 
indebted  to  the  twenty-three  years  of  service  of  Dr.  Pal- 
mer than  any  of  us  can  realize.  The  ministry  is  indebted 
to  him.  He  has  done  much  to  divest  our  sacred  calling 
of  everything  that  is  patronizing  and  unmanly  and 
imparted  to  it  the  wholesome  flavor  of  Christian  manli- 
ness. 

Fred  Douglass,  commenting  on  the  parable  of  the  Good 
Samaritan,  said  of  the  priest  who  passed  by  on  the  other 
side,  "  He  was  all  priest  and  no  man." 

Dr.  Palmer,  without  ever  sacrificing  anything  of  the 
dignit}'  of  his  calling,  has  shown  himself  at  all  times  a  man. 

This  city  is  indebted  to  him.  It  is  worthy  of  recogni- 
tion and  of  profound  gratitude  that  such  a  man  with  high 
attainments,  with  the  most  wholesome  ideas  of  humanity, 
and  religion,  whose  zeal  has  been  marked  with  sobriety 
and  sound  judgment,  has  stood  in  your  midst  for  twenty- 
three  years. 

God  be  praised  for  his  work  here  !  For  the  generous 
gift  of  himself  and  his  means  to  this  community.  For  the 
saintly  memory  of  her  whose  influence  lingers  with  us 
and  will  to  the  end  of  time.  I  bring  the  hearty  congratu- 
lations of  Oliver  Church,  1  bring  her  gratitude,  I  bring 
our  tribute  of  honor  and  love.     (Loud  applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer:  One  bright,  sunny  morning,  about  ten 
years  ago, — a  little  more,  I  went  with  the  superintendent 
of  our  Sunday  School  to  the  West  End.  We  learned  that 
the  city  had  pre-empted  a  certain  piece  of  land  for  the 
school.  We  remembered  that  in  New  England  school 
and  church  were  apt  to  go  together.  We  decided  that 
the  City  Fathers  had  thus  indicated  where  they  thought 
the  center  of  population  was  to  be  in  that  rapidly  grow- 
ing suburb.  We  had  the  pleasure  that  day  of  deciding 
the  question  of  location  for  a  future  church.  Knowing 
that   the  standing   committee   of  my  church  was  behind 


—136— 

me,  with  their  cordial  approbation  and  consent,  I  bought 
the  land,  and  from  that  beginning  there  has  grown  up  a 
very  vigorous  and  interesting  young  church,  with  a  fruit- 
ful present  and  an  exceedingly  promising  future.  We 
look  upon  that  church  with  a  great  deal  of  affection.  We 
welcome  its  new  pastor,  who  will  speak  a  few  words  to  us 
at  this  time.  As  he  is  little  known  to  you  all,  personally, 
1  am  all  the  more  happy  to  present  to  you  Rev.  Cyrus  F. 
Stimson. 

(4)    The  West  End  Church. 

Rev.  Cyrus  F.  Stimson. 

Rev.  Mr.  Stimson  :  Rev.  Doctor  and  Christian  sisters 
and  brethren  of  all  denominations : — I  am  in  the  peculiar 
position  at  this  moment  of  the  proverbial  gosling.  The 
First  Church  we  acknowledge  as  our  common  mother, 
and  so  I  recognize  in  you  all  sister  churches,  but  since  I 
have  not  yet  been  ordained  and  installed  I  am  not  yet  a 
bird  of  like  feather.  But,  nevertheless,  I  have  been  long 
enough  connected  with  the  West  End  Church  to  have 
caught  its  spirit  of  devotion  and  loyalty  to  its  mother,  and 
of  affection  and  reverence  for  that  mother's  able  servant, 
our  dear  Dr.  Palmer;  and  I  therefore  can  speak  for  the 
West  End  Church,  and,  I  believe,  can  give  true  though 
inadequate  expression  to  its  feeling.  I  could  not  write 
what  1  would  speak  in  the  name  of  our  church,  for  I 
needed  the  flavor  of  the  occasion  to  fill  me;  and  as  we 
have  listened  to  one  after  another  of  the  great  men  who 
have  graced  these  days  of  celebration  as  they  have  made 
the  past  live  again — I  have  been  filled  again  and  again 
with  the  martial  spirit  which  has  made  kingly  and  loyal 
servants  in  all  times  for  the  service  and  advancement  of 
the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Perhaps,  there- 
fore, the  best  thing  I  can  do  will  not  be  to  give  the  history 
of  the  little  nursling  which  has  developed  so  precociously 
into  an  awkward  maid  of  somewhat  uncertain  promise,  but 
who  is  now  showing  form  and  comeliness  which  warrants 
your  support — the  best  thing  from  the  West  End  church 


—137— 

will  not  be  the  rehearsal  of  familiar  history,  but  a  pledge 
of  our  church's  purpose  and  spirit  for  the  future.  She 
gives  her  warmest  greetings  to  the  First  Church,  to  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Palmer  and  to  all  who  are  assembled  here, 
as  she  unites  to  the  fullest  in  their  congratulation  to  our 
goodly  mother  church.  For  the  future  our  West  End 
Church  desires  to  attest  and  illustrate  its  heroic  blood. 
We  tremble,  as  the  Roman  youths  and  maidens  did  of 
old,  as  we  feel  our  ancestral  dignity.  We  come  from 
that. Romulus  and  Remus  seed  of  immortals,  suckled  by  a 
wolf  and  cradled  by  hardship  into  heroic  manhood. 

Our  mother  is  of  divine  lineage;  her  ancestral  tree 
reaches  Christ  as  its  root.  Hence  we  give  you,  Rev.  Dr. 
Palmer,  and  all  our  friends,  the  pledge  that  we  will  give 
proof  of  the  great  blood  that  lives  in  us.  We  will  not 
forget  that  our  church  rests  where  Indian  corn  fields 
were  but  a  little  time  ago.  We  will  emulate  the  noble 
Blatchford,  whose  aspirations  and  achievements  have 
inspired  us  all.  You  remember  the  account  of  his  toils 
bv  night  to  help  the  American  prisoners,  and  how  by 
perils  and  self-sacrifices  he  was  filled  with  the  zeal  of  a 
hero  and  came  to  the  new  world  to  sow  that  we  might 
reap.  Our  ancestors,  whether  Englishmen,  Scotchmen, 
Germans  or  Irishmen,  were  educated  not  in  our  public 
schools,  but  in  the  clan  and  tribal-meet,  where  ancestral 
songs  were  sung,  where  bard  and  minstrel  heralded  the 
deeds  of  the  unforgotten  dead.  Thus  the  glowing  memo- 
ries of  past  greatness  inflamed  the  zeal  of  our  fathers  to 
new  works  of  heroism.  So  it  has  seemed  to  me  that 
Dr.  Palmer  and  the  First  Church  and  its  friends  have 
prepared  a  great  folk-meet  of  the  churches,  that  here  we 
children  might  all  be  inspired  by  the  celebration  of  the 
ancient  works  of  our  fathers,  and  add  new  lustre  to  their 
fame  by  our  recognition  of  their  worth.  We  gladl}^  join 
in  the  songs  of  celebration,  in  the  words  of  encomium, 
and  wish  our  mother  many  days  of  jubilee  to  come. 

Let  us  close  with  the  promise  that  we  of  the  West  End 
Church  will  fight  and  work,  toil  and  sacrifice,  laying 
3'^onder  the  foundations  of  a  church,  asking  for  no  nobler 


—138— 

hope  than  that  our  church  may  prove  a  true  daughter  of 
its  most  noble  mother.     (Applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer.  I  am  not  going  to  try  to  define  exactly 
our  relations  to  the  King's  Highway  Church.  It  is  not 
necessary.  The  actual  beginning  of  it  was  a  movement 
by  one  member  of  this  church  to  establish  a  mission 
school  in  the  locality,  but  with  our  cordial  approbation  it 
was  taken  under  the  fostering  care  of  the  Park  St. 
Church  but  the  Park  St.  Church  asked  our  help  and  we 
cheerfully  gave  it ;  and  so  it  is  a  sort  of  joint  child  of  the 
First  Church,  and  its  daughter,  the  Park  St.  Church. 
But  it  is  a  very  dear  church.  It  is  the  baby.  We  think 
extremely  well  of  it ;  we  had  just  got  it  started  and  built 
a  house  when  some  incendiary  burned  the  house  down. 
We  rebuilt  it  quicker  than  it  had  been  built  before  and  it 
has  nearly  doubled  its  membership  since  its  organization 
a  year  ago.  It  has  a  very  promising  future  before  it, 
we  hope.  We  thought  we  would  like  to  have  a  message 
from  it  this  afternoon.  We  should  like  to  hear  a  few 
words  from  its  pastor,  the  Rev.  Wilson  R.  Stewart. 

(5)    The  King's  Highway  Church. 

Rev.  Wilson  R.  Stewart. 

Rev.  Mr.  Stewart  :  Dr.  Palmer,  members  of  the 
Mother  Churches  and  all  the  Sister  Churches,  and 
others — 

"  The  baby,  new  to  earth  and  sk}', 

What  times  his  tender  palm  is  pressed  ; 
Against  the  circle  of  the  breast 
Has  never  thought  that  this  is  I." 

These  words  of  the  poet  seem  to  me  to  express  the 
feeling  of  the  baby  church.  While  she  was  nurtured  by 
her  mother  she  did  not  realize  the  greatness  of  her 
ancestry,  did  not  realize  the  purity  of  the  blood  which 
coursed  through  her  young  veins.  The  story  is  told  of 
two  children  who  were  taking  an  outing  in  one  of  the 
city  parks  with  their  nurse.     A   verj'  elegantly-dressed 


—139— 

woman  passed  thera.  The  children  turned  around  to  the 
nurse  and  said,  "  Nurse,  who  is  that  lady  ?  "  and  the  nurse 
replied,  "That  is  jour  mother,  children." 

Now  this  is  not  exactly  our  relation  toward  the  mother 
church.  We  know  our  mother  church,  we  realize  all 
that  she  has  done  for  us,  but  not  until  the  last  two  days 
has  the  baby  church  realized  her  true  position  or  fully 
realized  the  greatness  of  her  mother,  and  the  dignity  that 
has  surrounded  this  church  from  her  earliest  years.  As 
Dr.  Palmer  has  remarked,  we  can  claim  two  mothers. 
The  baby  church  is  the  offspring  of  the  Park  St.  Congre- 
gational Church  and  also  of  the  First  Church  ;  our  terri- 
tory being  on  the  East  side,  the  work  naturally  started 
under  the  care  of  the  Park  St.  Congregational  Church. 
I  hardly  feel  that  it  is  necessary  for  me  to  describe  the 
histor}^  of  our  church,  for  in  comparison  with  our  mother 
we  have  no  history  worth  mentioning. 

As  I  sat  here  this  afternoon  and  listened  to  the  remarks 
that  were  made  by  our  grandmothers,  by  the  parent 
church  and  b}^  our  big  sisters,  I  began  to  think  what  is 
there  left  for  the  little  baby  to  say.  We  cannot  look 
back  over  into  the  past  and  tell  you  of  grand  achieve- 
ments. We  cannot  peer  into  the  future,  we  know  not 
what  it  will  bring  forth  ;  and  it  seemed  to  me  that  our 
voice  this  afternoon  would  be  that  of 

"An  infant  crying  in  the  night, 
An  infant  crying  for  the  light ; 
And  with  no  language  but  a  cry." 

And  yet  I  would  have  3^ou  understand  that  we  are  a 
very  healthy  child,  and  the  cry  we  shall  give  you  this 
afternoon  shall  be  a  most  lusty  one  ;  there  is  nothing  sick 
or  puny  in  this  baby.  How  could  she  be  otherwise  than 
a  healthy  baby  with  such  royal,  such  blue  blood  coursing 
through  her  veins ! 

About  five  years  ago  a  Sunday  School  was  started  on 
Old  Mill  Green.  On  the  first  Sunday  there  were  present 
twenty  children,  gathered  in  the  house  of  one  of  the 
members  of  this   church.     In  five  weeks  from  that  first 


— 140 — 

Sunday  the  membership  of  that  school  numbered  one 
hundred.  In  this  way  did  the  King's  Highway  Church 
start  from  the  Sunday  School.  There  was  no  thought 
when  that  Sabbath  School  was  organized  that  it  would 
soon  become  a  church. 

In  1893  through  the  help  of  the  Park  St.  Church,  and 
through  the  help  of  good  Dr.  Palmer  of  this  church,  a 
building  was  provided  for  that  Sunday  School  ;  but  as 
the  doctor  has  told  you,  that  building  was  destined  to  be 
of  short  duration.  In  less  than  a  year  it  was  burned  to 
the  ground. 

I  am  reminded  of  a  remark  of  the  good  doctor's,  when 
the  members  of  Old  Mill  Green  assembled  to  see  what 
could  be  done  to  furnish  another  building  for  this  school. 
The  doctor  said,  "  Ashes  make  a  good  fertilizer,"  and  they 
proved  to  be  in  this  case.  In  three  or  four  months  from 
the  time  that  building  was  burned  to  the  ground  there 
stood  on  the  same  spot  another  building,  more  complete 
than  the  first,  furnished  throughout.  In  one  month  from 
the  dedication  of  this  second  building,  which  occurred  on 
May  22,  1894,  a  church  organization  was  completed. 
On  June  28,  1894,  fifty  members  organized  the  church 
now  known  as  the  King's  Highway  Church;  thirty-four 
of  those  members,  I  believe,  coming  from  the  Park  St. 
Congregational  Church,  and  eight  or  ten  of  them  coming 
from  this  church.  While  the  number  was  not  so  large 
from  this  First  Church,  I  assure  you  that  the  quality  was 
most  excellent.  We  have  on  our  church  roll  the  names 
of  some  of  the  descendants  of  the  founders  of  this  First 
Church,  illustrious  names  in  the  early  history  of  the  city 
of  Bridgeport.  We  are  proud  of  them,  we  are  proud  of 
them  because  they  are  active,  because  their  souls  and 
their  hearts  are  in  the  work  on  Old  Mill  Green. 

Good  Brother  Fullerton,  a  few  moments  ago,  styled  us 
highwaymen;  we  shall  permit  you  to  look  upon  us  as 
highwaymen,  if  you  consider  the  name  in  the  right  sense. 
You  know  highwaymen  are  those  who  go  out  and  get 
others  sometimes  to  join  their  band.  This  is  what  the 
highwaymen    of    Old  Mill  Green    are   doing.     They  are 


—141— 

going  out  into  the  highways  and  hedges;  they  are 
beseeching  others  to  come  in  and  join  their  band,  to 
become  highwaymen  in  the  sense  that  they  are  followers, 
soldiers  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  are  willing  to  do  all  in  their 
power  for  the  furtherance  of  His  Kingdom. 

I  bring  you  then  this  afternoon  the  congratulations  of 
the  baby  church — the  King's  Highway  Church.  I,  too, 
stand  under  the  peculiar  relation  to  our  good  Dr.  Palmer. 
Only  four  months  ago  was  I  ordained  to  the  Christian 
ministry.  On  that  occasion,  the  most  important  in  my 
life,  it  was  the  good  Dr.  Palmer  who  laid  his  hands  upon 
my  head  and  consecrated  me  to  the  Master's  service.  I 
shall  never  forget  that  occasion.  I  shall  never  forget  the 
prayer  uttered  by  the  good  doctor  on  that  occasion. 

I  said  a  few  moments  ago  we  had  no  history  to  speak 
of;  but  when  I  sat  here  yesterday  and  to-day  and  listened 
to  the  grand  history  of  this  old  church,  I  thought,  on  the 
one  hand,  that  there  was  very  little  for  me  to  say  for 
the  infant  church ;  and  yet,  on  the  other  hand,  I  was 
impressed  with  the  fact  that  with  God  there  is  no  such 
thing  as  time,  and  all  through  the  exercises  of  the  last  two 
days,  in  the  history  of  the  mother  church  and  in  the  greet- 
ings of  the  grandmother  churches,  there  seemed  to  be  one 
glad  refrain,  one  message  of  cheer  and  hope  to  the  young 
churches.     It  was  this: 

"  Grow  old  along  with  me  ! 
The  best  is  yet  to  be 

The  last  of  life  for  which  the  first  was  made  : 
Our  times  are  in  His  hands 
Who  saith  a  whole  I  planned, 
Youth  shows  but  half  ; 

Trust  God  ;  see  all,  nor  be  afraid." 

You  know  it  is  considered  very  often  an  honor  to  be 
considered  the  baby  in  the  family,  for  the  very  reason  the 
baby  receives  more  caresses  than  any  other  member  of 
the  family.  It  is  nurtured  with  the  most  tender  care. 
We  are  proud  this  afternoon  to  be  considered  the  baby 
church  and  yet  we  shall  be  willing  to  give  up  this  coveted 
position  as  the  baby  church  for  the  sake  of  the  growth  of 


—  142— 

the  Kingdom  of  God.  We  doubt  not  but  in  a  very  short 
time  there  will  spring  forth  another  new  church  which 
shall  be  known  as  the  "baby,"  and  we  shall  gladly  make 
way  for  all  the  little  strangers  that  shall  come  in  time. 

Again  I  extend  congratulations  to  our  mother  church 
on  this  joyous  occasion.     (Loud  applause.) 

Dr.  Palmer  :  It  is  proposed  to  close  these  services  by 
singing  the  854th  hymn,  "  Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus 
joined." 

Before  we  sing  I  wish  to  say  that  I  am  very  thankful  to 
all  of  these  good  brethren  for  what  they  have  brought 
here,  their  loving  words  and  best  wishes.  I  am  very 
thankful  to  all  who  have  taken  part  in  this  joyous  com- 
memoration, and  when  the  commemoration  is  over  new 
service  is  the  next  thing  to  think  of.  We  will  address 
ourselves  to  the  work  in  the  future  of  this  good  city  of 
ours — hoping  that  when  another  century  has  passed  away 
there  may  be  fresh  rejoicings  over  the  progress  of  the 
kingdom  ;  and  that  those  who  have  been  here  so  deeply 
interested  at  this  time  may  be  succeeded  by  their  chil- 
dren and  their  children's  children  in  the  rejoicing  of  that 
joyous  occasion.     (Long-continued  applause.) 

Singing, 

"  Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined." 

Benediction. 


SERVICES    OF  SUNDAY,   THE  i6th. 

On  the  Sunday  following  the  anniversary,  the  i6th  of 
June,  the  Bi-Centennial  decorations  still  in  place,  and  the 
spirit  of  the  great  occasion  unabated,  commemorative  ser- 
vices were  continued.  In  the  forenoon  Dr.  Palmer  took 
up  the  dropped  thread  of  his  historical  discourse,  and  in 
the  afternoon,  following  out  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Rus- 
sell, there  was  a  great  gathering  of  Sunday-school  chil- 
dren, which  filled  the  church.     The  latter  occasion  was 


—143— 

very  enjoyable,  the  children's  singing  and  the  ministers' 
familiar  addresses  filling  an  hour  and  a  half  very  agreea- 
bl}'.  The  schools  of  the  First  Church,  the  Second  Church 
and  the  Presbyterian  Church  came  in  a  body.  Other 
schools  were  numerously  represented.  And  thus  the 
bi-centennial  celebration  was  fitly  concluded. 

The  second  part  of  Dr.  Palmer's  historical  discourse 
treated  of  the  First  Church  after  the  division  in  1830. 
Announcing  the  same  text  which  he  used  on  the  12th,  he 
proceeded  as  follows: 

The  withdrawal  of  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  First 
Church  was  to  those  who  remained  a  matter  of  sincere 
regret.  But  they  by  no  means  lost  heart.  They  were 
about  one  hundred  and  seventy  in  number,  and  on  January 
31,  1830,  with  entire  unanimity  renewed  the  call  to  Rev. 
John  Blatchford,  then  of  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  and  he  promptly 
accepted  it.  He  was  born  here.  May  24,  1799,  during  his 
father's  pastorate,  but  was  removed  before  he  was  five 
years  old  with  the  rest  of  the  family  to  Lansingburg, 
where  his  boyhood  was  spent.  He  graduated  at  Union 
College  in  1820,  and  studied  theology  in  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Pittstown,  N.  Y.,  in  August,  1823;  and 
in  April,  1825,  he  was  installed  over  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Stillwater.  He  was  installed  here  February 
10,  1830,  and  continued  until  July  26,  1836,  when  he 
was  dismissed  at  his  own  request,  the  health  of  his  wife 
obliging  him  to  change  his  residence.  She  was  born  May 
12,  1805,  the  daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Martha  (Herri- 
man)  Wickes,  of  Jamaica,  N.  Y.  His  home  here  was  on 
Golden  Hill  street,  on  the  north  side  near  its  present  inter- 
section with  Harrison  street.  He  removed  to  the  west, 
and  resided  successively  at  Jacksonville,  where  he  was 
Acting-President  of  Illinois  College,  and  Chicago,  where 
he  was  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  at 
Wheeling,  Va.  From  1841  to  1844  he  was  connected  with 
Marion  College,  in  Missouri,  the  latter  part  of  the  period 
as  President.  Thence  he  removed  to  West  Ely,  Mo.,  and 
thence  in   1847  to   Quincy,  111.,  where  he  died  in  April, 


—144— 

1858.  He  received  from  Marion  College,  in  1841,  the 
degree  of  D.D. 

Mr.  Blatchford  was  a  man  of  medium  stature,  in  figure 
well-proportioned,  cheerful  in  his  habit,  of  a  genial  spirit, 
and  of  frank  and  pleasing  manners.  His  appearance  was 
attractive,  and  he  was  an  acceptable  preacher.  He  had  a 
bright  and  ready  mind,  a  somewhat  effusive  style,  spoke 
in  a  sympathetic  and  winning  way,  and  with  a  good  deal 
of  unction.  He  was  a  particularly  effective  preacher  in 
revival  seasons.  He  came  from  beyond  the  limits  of  New 
England,  and  did  not  enter  into  Connecticut  controversies, 
yet  his  sympathies  were  decidedly  with  the  more  advanced 
party.  The  church  quickly  felt  Ifis  influence,  and  before 
much  above  a  year  had  elapsed  nearly  as  many  as  had 
withdrawn  were  added  to  its  numbers,  and  its  strength 
was  restored.  He  took  an  active  part  himself,  and  was 
skillful  in  enlisting  others,  in  all  kinds  of  Christian  work, 
and  was  heartily  in  sympathy  with  missionary  operations. 
He  organized  here  a  Young  Men's  Temperance  Society, 
into  which  were  gathered  nearly  all  the  choice  youth  of 
the  town.  A  copy  of  the  constitution  is  still  extant  with 
nearly  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  names  annexed,  of 
whom  some  are  here  to-day.  It  was  an  interesting  and  a 
sanguine  time,  and  he  was  in  touch  with  it.  A  great 
advance  in  religion  during  the  half-century  since  the  Rev- 
olution was  recognized,  and  there  were  happy  auguries  of 
coming  progress.  His  removal  was  greatly  regretted. 
The  church  in  parting  with  him  testified  strongly  to  his 
faithful,  acceptable,  and  successful  performance  of  his 
ministerial  duties. 

There  succeeded  to  him  a  man  of  a  very  dififerent  type. 
The  Rev.  John  Woodbridge  was  the  son  of  Sylvester  and 
Mindwell  (Lyman)  Woodbridge,  and  was  born  in  South- 
ampton, Mass.,  December  2,  1784.  He  was  of  Puritan 
descent,  and  himself  a  Puritan  of  the  Puritans.  He  reck- 
oned among  his  ancestors  not  only  some  eminent  divines, 
but  Governor  Dudley,  and  the  apostle  Eliot.  He  fitted 
for  college  at  Westfield  and  Deerfield  Academies.  He 
graduated  at  Williams  in  1804.     He  studied  theology  at 


—  145- 

Goshen,  Conn.,  with  Rev.  Asahel  Hooker,  and  was  licensed 
to  preach  at  Sharon,  June,  1807.  Soon  after  he  was  called 
to  VVoodbridge,  Conn.,  but  declined  the  overture.  He 
then  labored  for  some  months  in  the  Black  River  country, 
in  New  York,  as  a  missionary.  Later  he  was  called  to  a 
church  in  Philadelphia,  but  did  not  accept.  Toward  the 
end  of  1809  he  began  to  preach  in  Hadley,  Mass.  Here 
he  was  ordained  June  20,  18 10,  and  fulfilled  a  long  and 
honorable  pastorate.  He  married  May  4,  18 14,  Mary 
Ann,  daughter  of  Major  Thomas  Seymour,  and  his  second 
wife,  Susan  Bull.  She  was  born  June  16,  1789,  and  died 
in  Hadley  January  16,  1858.  In  1825  he  received  from  his 
Alma  Mater  the  degree  of  D.D.  Early  in  1830  he  was 
called  to  Bowery  Church  in  New  York  City,  and  declined. 
Later  the  call  was  renewed  and  accepted.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  Hadle3%  September  15,  1830,  and  installed  in 
New  York  October  i.  In  1836  he  was  dismissed  from  the 
Bowery  Church,  and  a  new  enterprise  was  commenced  by 
his  friends  in  the  Chapel  of  New  York  University,  but 
the  financial  crisis  of  1837  led  to  the  relinquishment  of  the 
enterprise,  and  he  accepted  a  call  to  Bridgeport.  He  was 
installed  here  June  14,  1837,  and  continued  some  seven- 
teen months.  He  was  dismissed  November  20,  1838.  In 
the  following  April  he  was  installed  over  the  North 
Church  in  New  Hartford,  where  he  remained  until  Janu- 
ary, 1842.  Thence  he  returned  to  Hadley,  where  he  was 
installed  February  16  over  a  part  of  his  former  church, 
organized  as  a  new  one.  Here  he  remained  until  the 
autumn  of  1861,  when  he  went  to  Chicago  to  reside.  He 
died  September  26,  1869,  in  Waukegan,  111.,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-five  years. 

Dr.  VVoodbridge  was  beyond  question  a  man  of  very 
unusual  powers— of  a  vigorous  mind,  a  strong  will,  of 
warm  affections.  His  personal  presence  was  commanding, 
his  courage  unquestioned,  his  integrity  recognized.  He 
was  of  scholarly  habits,  and  considerable  learning.  He 
was  an  aggressive  and  stalwart  controversialist  in  the 
realm  of  theology.  In  the  position  here,  he  was  doubtless 
a  misfit.  He  came  here  from  a  Presbyterian  pastorate  in 
10 


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the  year  in  which  the  Presbyterian  Church  was  divided. 
His  sympathies  had  been  with  the  Old  School  party.  He 
was  extremely  staunch  in  his  conviction  that  the  theolog- 
ical views  which  he  had  received  were  the  very  substance 
of  the  Gospel.  He  encountered  here  very  strong  preju- 
dices against  the  views  he  held,  and  was  conscientiously 
the  more  strenuous  in  urging  his  opinions  because  aware 
of  their  unpopularity.  The  contrast  of  his  sentiments  and 
of  his  manner  with  those  of  his  predecessor  operated 
unfavorably  for  him.  His  biographer  describes  his  pas- 
torate here  as  "  indeed  stormy,  but  happily  for  him  short." 
He  had  warm  friends,  and  hearty  admirers,  but  there  was 
a  general  acquiescence  in  his  resignation.  He  retired, 
not  without  honor,  from  a  conflict  he  could  not  maintain 
He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  John  H.  Hunter  in  about 
three  months.  Mr.  Hunter  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
in  March,  1807.  He  graduated  at  Union  College  in  1825, 
and  studied  theology  at  Princeton  Seminary.  He  was  or- 
dained over  the  church  in  Fairfield,  December  17,  1828,  and 
continued  until  January  15,  1834.  He  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  North  Church  in  West  Springfield  August  24,  1835,  and 
dismissed  thence  February  16,  1837.  ^^  was  installed  here 
February  27,  1839,  ^"<^  continued  until  November  13,  1845. 
Mrs.  Hunter  was  Julia  Maria,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah 
(Plant)  Judson,  of  Stratford.  She  was  born  July  11,  181 1. 
Both  were  favorably  known  here  at  their  coming,  and  the 
church  increased  under  his  ministr3\  In  1844  some 
twenty-five  were  added  at  one  time.  He  was  a  brilliant, 
but  eccentric  man  ;  a  man  of  genius,  but  of  that  type  of 
genius  which  is  often  erratic,  and  which,  in  its  decadence, 
sometimes  approaches  the  borderland  adjacent  to  insanity. 
He  was  of  medium  stature,  of  good  appearance,  but  had  a 
way  of  carrying  his  chin  low,  and  far  forward,  so  as  to 
give  his  shoulders  the  look  of  one  who  stooped.  From 
this  position  of  the  head,  he  looked  over  his  glasses  with 
a  penetrating  eye,  in  a  way  to  be  very  definitely  recol- 
lected. He  was  not  eminently  a  student ;  was  fond  of 
out-door  life,  of  walking  excursions,  and  especially  of 
fishing.     He  spoke  with  a  tone  strongly  nasal,  from  the 


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presence  of  a  polyp  in  his  nostril.  He  had  a  grotesque 
humor  about  him,  which  sometimes  appeared  in  his  relig- 
ious services,  and  always  made  him  an  agreeable  com- 
panion. His  style  was  singularly  unstudied  and  pure. 
Without  apparent  effort,  in  speaking  or  in  composition, 
he  seemed  to  abound  in  matter.  His  thoughts  were  for 
the  most  part  pertinent  and  often  valuable,  but  there  was 
a  constant  scintillation  of  sharp,  or  fanciful,  or  striking 
suggestions,  which  was  a  kind  of  by-play  of  his  mind. 
This  excited  and  fastened  attention,  while  it  somewhat 
detracted  from  the  directness  of  discourse.  Sometimes, 
in  this  sidewise  fashion,  he  would  hit  or  thrust  rather 
hard.  His  theological  opinions  conformed  to  the  prevail- 
ing orthodoxy,  but  he  was  not  much  given  to  expounding 
them.  He  aimed  rather  to  give  men  impulses  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  practical  life  than  to  quicken  their  thinking, 
and  he  seemed  less  careful  to  hold  up  to  men  the  highest 
moral  ideals,  than  to  set  before  them  a  reasonably  high 
and  yet  manifestly  practicable  morality.  The  action  upon 
his  resignation  was  accompanied  by  considerable  excite- 
ment. A  financial  difference  between  him  and  the  Society 
occasioned  not  a  little  heated  feeling.  But  he  left  strong 
friends,  and  an  impression  of  himself  in  the  life  and  the 
traditions  of  the  church  which  only  a  man  of  very  decided 
character  could  have  created.  After  leaving  here  he 
went  west  to  look  after  some  lands  which  his  father  had 
acquired,  and  was  not  again  settled  in  the  ministry.  He 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  a  somewhat  wandering 
life  in  the  west  and  southwest,  preaching,  teaching,  trad- 
ing in  land — miscellaneously  employed.  He  died  in  Texas, 
February  22,  1872. 

His  successor  was  the  Rev.  Benjamin  St.  John  Page. 
He  was  born  in  Northford,  July  18,  1815.  He  graduated 
at  Western  Reserve  College  in  1834,  and  studied  theology 
in  Yale  Divinity  School.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Grand 
River  Presbytery,  at  Painesville,  Ohio,  February  10,  1839. 
His  wife  was  Emily  Benjamin,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Charlotte  A.  (De  Witt)  Maltby.  At  the  date  of  his  ordi- 
nation he  was  supplying  the  church  in  Chester,  Ohio.     In 


—148— 

1840  he  came  to  New  Haven  and  spent  a  year  in  study. 
He  returned  to  his  father's  home  in  Euclid,  Ohio,  and  for 
some  years  was  unable  to  assume  a  permanent  charge  on 
account  of  invalid  health,  but  served  temporarily  several 
churches  acceptably.  He  came  here  from  Euclid.  He 
was  installed  February  10,  1847,  and  continued  until 
August  30,  1853.  After  leaving  here  he  was  located  as 
stated  supply,  in  Durham  three  years,  in  North  Haven 
six  years,  in  Durham  again  two  years.  Subsequently  he 
resided  at  Winsted,  without  charge,  a  year  or  more;  then 
two  years  or  less  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  then  he  became 
stated  supply  of  a  Presbj^terian  church  in  Warren,  O., 
where  he  died  November  9,  1868. 

He  was  a  plain,  somewhat  angular  and  ungraceful  man 
in  appearance,  but  by  no  means  without  abilities.  He 
would  not  be  thought  remarkable  for  refinement  of  mind 
or  manner,  but  was  industrious  and  studious,  and  labored 
hard  to  meet  the  demands  made  upon  him  by  his  charge. 
Many  of  his  sermons  were  unusually  well  written,  close, 
vigorous,  and  well-applied  ;  full  of  earnest,  fresh,  and  even 
powerful  thinking,  in  well-chosen  speech.  But  his  aver- 
age of  performance  was  hardly  of  this  high  character. 
His  preaching  was  not  always  acceptable  in  matter  or 
style,  and  sometimes  went  aside  from  what  good  taste 
requires,  in  pursuit  of  originalit}'.  He  was  very  much 
indebted  as  a  man  and  as  a  pastor  to  an  eminently  judi- 
cious and  helpful  wife,  who  was  much  esteemed  in  all  rela- 
tions, and  whose  influence  over  him  was  most  happy.  He 
had  very  little  to  do  with  the  churches  around,  with  the 
churches  at  large,  or  with  enterprises  of  beneficence,  but 
kept  himself  very  much  within  his  own  field  of  labor.  He 
was  in  many  respects  a  fairly  capable  man,  but  could  not 
easily  adapt  himself  to  circumstances  or  to  others'  tastes, 
and  hence  failed  somewhat  in  the  delicate  relations  of  a 
pastor.  His  soundness  of  character  and  general  fidelity 
to  his  convictions  were  undoubted. 

In  the  course  of  his  pastorate  the  present  house  of  wor- 
ship was  erected.  It  was  built  by  subscription,  and  the 
paper   bears  date   June  i,  1848.     The  previous  house  on 


THE   FOURTH   EDIFICE. 


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this  site  was  removed  a  short  distance  northward,  and 
occupied  while  the  new  one  was  building.  It  was  used 
for  the  last  time  April  7,  1850.  It  was  sold  for  the  use  of 
Christ  Church,  and  removed  to  a  site  on  John  st.  west  of 
Broad,  where  it  was  accidentally  destroyed  by  fire  in 
185 1.  The  new  edifice  was  dedicated  on  Thursday,  April 
II,  1850,  and  opened  on  the  following-  Sabbath.  Messrs. 
Freeman  C.  Bassett,  Ira  Sherman,  Hanford  Lyon,  and 
Sherman  Hartwell  were  the  building  committee,  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Dixon  of  Stamford  was  the  architect. 

It  was  nearly  ten  months  after  Mr.  Page's  dismission 
before  his  place  was  filled.  His  successor  was  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Hardy  Towne.  He  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass., 
May  27,  1805.  He  was  the  son  of  Solomon  and  Lydia 
(Goodale)  Towne.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Salem 
Latin  School.  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1827,  where  he 
was  the  class-mate  of  Dr.  William  Adams  and  of  Dr. 
Horace  Bushnell.  Soon  after  his  graduation  he  entered 
the  law  office  of  Messrs.  Pickering  &  Otis,  in  Boston, 
whither  his  parents  had  removed.  He  remained  in  this 
office  three  years,  with  the  intention  of  following  the  legal 
profession.  His  purpose  was  changed,  however,  and  he 
commenced  the  study  of  theology,  residing  with  his 
parents  and  pursuing  his  studies  under  the  direction  of 
his  pastor.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Suffolk 
South  Association,  September  6,  1831.  He  preached  for  a 
while  at  Fitchburg,  but  declined  to  settle  there.  Later 
he  was  called  to  the  Pleasant  St.  Church  in  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.  This  call  he  accepted,  and  he  was  ordained  there 
June  13,  1832.  Just  previous  to  this  event.  May  i,  1832, 
he  married  Eliza  J.,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Eliza  (Childs) 
Wiley,  of  Lynn,  Mass.  She  was  born  December  11,  1815, 
and  continued  the  beloved  companion  of  his  life  until 
September  18,  1894. 

It  was  the  testimony  of  one  of  his  contemporaries  whom 
I  knew  well,  that  the  young  pastor  excited  large  expecta- 
tions of  his  future  usefulness,  and  was  everywhere  most 
favorabl)^  received.  In  the  autumn  of  1836  he  was  called 
to  Salem  Street  Church  in  Boston,  to  succed  the  Rev.  Dr. 


— ISO— 

Blagden,  and  he  was  there  installed  June  2,  1837.  He 
continued  in  this  relation  until  December  27,  1843,  when  he 
was  dismissed  at  his  own  request.  Anew  enterprise  was  set 
on  foot  in  Boston  known  as  the  Leyden  Chapel,  in  which 
a  new  departure  was  taken  in  the  order  of  worship.  Here 
a  church  was  organized  February  7,  1844,  and  he  was 
installed  pastor  just  three  weeks  later  (Februar}''  28). 
The  new  church  seemed  a  promising  movement,  but  failed 
to  fulfil  the  expectations  of  its  promoters,  and  was  dis- 
banded in  July,  1847.  He  was  called  thence  to  High 
Street  Church  in  Lowell,  where  he  was  installed  December 
15,  1847.  There  he  continued  until  May  22,  1854,  when 
he  was  dismissed  to  accept  a  call  to  this  church.  He  was 
installed  June  14,  1854.     His  home  was  at  232  Main  street. 

His  reception  here  can  be  best  described  in  his  own 
words,*  written  after  fifty  years.  "  After  my  installation 
I  found  myself  the  pastor  of  a  united,  affectionate  and 
generous  people.  The  years  of  my  pastorate  in  Bridge- 
port are  a  sunny  spot  in  the  landscape  of  my  ministerial 
life.  I  was  then  in  the  vigor  of  my  days  ;  all  my  children 
were  growing  up  around  me,  for  death  had  not  then 
invaded  the  happy  circle ;  my  wife,  in  the  full  bloom  of 
her  womanhood,  gladdened  my  home  with  the  sunshine  of 
her  presence  and  love.  My  parish  was  one  great  family. 
A  wide  and  most  inviting  field  of  usefulness  was  open 
before  me."  Under  such  happy  auspices  commenced  a 
ministry  still  pleasantly  remembered  here. 

The  most  noteworthy  event  of  it  perhaps  was  the  deep 
religious  interest  in  the  winter  of  1857-8,  in  which  the 
church  was  greatly  blessed,  and  received  large  accessions. 
Thirty-eight  were  added  at  one  time,  seventy-four  during 
the  year.  His  preaching  was  extremely  acceptable  to  his 
people.  He  acquired  in  college  the  reputation  of  a  grace- 
ful and  effective  writer.  His  study  of  the  law  lent  to  his 
earlier  style  an  increase  of  vigor,  and  the  habit  of  con- 
structive reasoning.  During  his  residence  in  Boston  he 
added  to  his  general  culture.  He  had  also  engaged  in 
literary  labors  there,  jointly  with  Dr.  Parsons  Cooke.     He 

*MS.  Letter. 


—151— 

was  conservative  in  his  theological  views  and  sympathies, 
but  never  a  controversialist.  He  had  a  rich  vein  of  senti- 
ment, and  not  a  little  of  poetic  feeling.  One  of  his  dis- 
criminating hearers  left  on  record  the  testimony  that 
"  many  of  his  discourses  were  rewritten,  and  worthy  of  any 
pulpit  in  the  land."  He  was  specially  gifted  in  prayer, 
and  endeared  himself  as  a  sympathizing  pastor.  He 
resigned  his  charge  after  four  years  and  was  dismissed 
June  29,  1848.  On  October  28th  of  the  same  year  he  was 
installed  pastor  of  St.  Peter's  (Presbyterian)  Church  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  continued  there  until  March  9,  i860. 
In  1859  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.,from  Marietta  Col- 
lege. From  June  i,  i860,  to  October  i,  1861,  he  was 
stated  supply  of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Buffalo.  Thence  he  was  called  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  which  he  served  for  four 
years.  After  this  he  rendered  occasional  services,  but 
was  not  again  a  pastor.  By  a  regretable  misfortune  his 
voice  became  impaired,  and  finally  the  disability  became 
permanent.  After  leaving  the  west  he  gave  himself  to 
othef  pursuits,  and  for  many  years  has  resided  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  spending  tranquilly  the  afternoon  of  life. 

After  six  months'  interval  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
Matson  Meier-Smith.  This  gentleman  was  born  at  Har- 
lem, N.  Y.,  April  4,  1826.  On  his  father's  side  he  was  of 
Connecticut  descent,  and  had  in  his  veins  the  best  of  Pur- 
itan blood.  The  founder  of  the  Mather  family  was  one  of 
his  ancestors.  On  his  mother's  side  he  was  of  purely 
German  extraction.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Albert  Smith 
and  Emily  Maria,  daughter  of  Casper  Meier,  a  native  of 
Bremen.  He  graduated  at  Columbia  College  in  1843,  ^^^ 
studied  theology  in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  with  the 
class  of  1847.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Geneva,  October  23,  1849,  p^^stor  of  the  church  in  Ovid, 
N.  Y.  In  the  same  year,  November  14,  he  married  Mary 
Stuart,  daughter  of  Norman  White,  Esq.,  of  New  York 
City.  He  resigned  his  charge  in  September,  1850,  on 
account  of  apprehensions  concerning  his  health.  In  the 
spring  of  1851  he   was  called  to  Brookline,  Mass.,  where 


—  152— 

he  was  installed  June  5,  succeeding  Rev.  Dr.  R.  S.  Storrs. 
This  pastorate  he  fulfilled  until  November  23,  1858,  when 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  this  church.  He  was 
installed  here  January  5,  1859.  He  was  dismissed  June  6, 
1865,  and  at  once  entered  the  Episcopal  Church.  March 
6,  1866,  he  was  ordained  deacon,  and  April  20,  priest,  by- 
Bishop  Eastburn  of  Massachusetts.  May  6  he  became 
rector  of  Trinity  Parish  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  continued 
there  until  April  16,  1871.  During  the  year  following  he 
travelled  in  Europe.  December  i,  1872,  he  became  rector 
of  St.  John's  Parish  in  Hartford,  and  continued  until  May 
I,  1876,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  Professorship  of 
Homiletics  in  the  Divinity  School  in  Philadelphia.  In  this 
chair  he  continued  until  his  decease,  March  26,  1887.  He 
received  from  Williams  College,  in  1856,  the  degree  of  M.A., 
and  from  Columbia  College,  in   1863,  the  degree  of  D.D. 

Mr.  Meier-Smith's  home  here  was  at  276  Washington 
avenue.  He  came  hither  in  response  to  urgent  solicita- 
tions and  with  the  hope  of  large  usefulness.  But  he  was 
early  made  conscious  of  an  element  of  opposition,  which 
proved  a  serious  annoyance,  all  the  more  that  the  expres- 
sions of  it  were  somewhat  petty,  and  persistent  to  a 
degree  that  was  unusual.  The  intense  political  excite- 
ments preceding  and  accompanying  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war  added  to  his  discomforts,  his  patriotic  sympa- 
thies leading  him  to  the  utterance,  in  a  manly  and  out- 
spoken way,  of  sentiments  not  welcome  to  all  his  parish- 
ioners, and  most  unwelcome  to  some  elements  in  the  com- 
munity. It  is  evident  from  what  his  biographer  records 
that  while  he  had  warm  friends,  and  for  the  most  part  a 
loyal  support  from  the  church,  he  felt  his  position  here  to 
be  something  less  than  comfortable.  His  experience 
brought  to  its  consummation  a  process  which  began  at  a 
much  earlier  date.  He  wrote  to  me  some  years  later  in 
the  following  words  :*  "  If  you  refer  at  all  to  my  defec- 
tion, it  may  be  as  well  for  you  to  know  that  it  was  no 
sudden  movement,  but  the  result  of  some  ten  years  of 
earnest  thought  and  painful  perplexity.  The  real  reason 
why  I  gave  up  my  pastorate  when  I  did  was  that  I  might 

*  MS.  Letter. 


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enter  the  church  of  my  convictions."  Of  course  such  an 
event  could  not  take  place  without  exciting  much  feeling, 
and  much  comment,  but  the  church  he  left  took  as  kindly 
a  view  of  his  conduct  as  could  reasonably  be  expected. 
His  ministry  here  was  blessed  to  the  church  ;  he  received 
one  hundred  and  seventy-six  to  its  membership,  and  won 
the  friendship  of  many  who  tenderly  cherish  his  memory. 
He  left  behind  him  here  the  reputation  of  excellent  abili- 
ties and  an  amiable  character.  His  discourses  were 
thoughtful  and  well-reasoned.  His  subjects  were  well- 
chosen.  While  his  German  extraction  appeared  some- 
what in  his  looks,  his  manner,  and  his  habits  of  mind,  and 
he  often  indulged  in  sentences  of  unusual  length,  no  one 
complained  of  obscurity  in  his  style,  and  he  was  regarded 
as  an  instructive  and  interesting  preacher.  He  was 
remarkable  for  his  earnest  and  reverent  prayers,  and 
made  himself  much  beloved  in  his  work  as  a  pastor.  It 
was  certainly  from  no  want  of  facility  in  the  devotional 
exercises  of  the  pulpit  that  he  chose  to  make  the  transi- 
tion from  the  Congregational  to  the  Episcopal  ministry. 
During  his  pastorate,  and  largely  through  his  efforts,  and 
personal  sacrifices,  the  existing  Chapel  building  was 
reared,  and  it  was  first  used  at  Christmas,  i860. 

Before  the  end  of  the  year  in  which  he  was  dismissed, 
the  thoughts  of  the  church  had  been  directed  to  another 
minister.  Rev.  George  Richards  was  born  in  New  Lon- 
don, November  2,  1816.  He  was  the  son  of  Peter  and 
Ann  C.  (Huntington)  Richards.  He  graduated  at  Yale 
in  the  class  of  1840.  After  teaching  for  a  time  he  entered 
Andover  Theological  Seminary.  In  1843  he  became  a 
student  in  the  Divinity  School  at  Yale,  and  in  1844  a  tutor 
in  Yale  College.  He  was  ordained  October  8,  1845,  ^s 
associate  pastor  of  the  Central  Congregational  Church  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  the  colleague  of  Rev.  Dr.  W.  M.  Rogers. 
In  185 1,  by  the  death  of  the  latter,  he  became  sole  pastor, 
and  continued  in  that  relation  until  April  20,  1859.  After 
a  foreign  tour  he  became  acting  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  commencing  in  December,  i860.  He 
closed  this  engagement  after  five  years,  to  accept  a 
call  to  this  church,  and  was  installed  January  3,  1866.     In 


—154— 

i868  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Corporation  of  Yale 
College.  He  was  dismissed  from  liis  pastorate  August 
24,  1870,  and  died  October  20,  in  the  same  year.  His  wife 
was  Anna  M.  Woodruff,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  Phil- 
adelphia, September  29,  1846.  Mr.  Richards  was  a  man 
of  refinement  and  excellent  scholarship.  He  cultivated 
while  in  college  facility  in  extemporaneous  speaking. 
During  his  tutorship  he  enjoyed  among  the  students  the 
sobriquet  of  "  the  Mouth  of  the  Faculty."  He  always 
spoke  easily  and  felicitously.  He  was  in  appearance 
slight,  neither  tall  nor  stout.  He  was  extremely  neat, 
almost  to  the  point  of  fastidiousness,  in  his  person  and 
apparel.  He  was  somewhat  precise  also  in  his  manner. 
But  he  was  highly  gifted  as  a  preacher,  and  a  lover 
of  his  work.  The  style  of  his  written  discourses  was 
faultless,  remarkable  for  lucidity,  elegance  and  grace. 
Nor  were  they  wanting  in  force  of  argument  or  urgency 
of  appeal.  His  extemporaneous  discourses  were  equally 
acceptable  in  their  way.  In  his  weekly  lectures  he  never 
used  notes.  He  had  a  firmness  of  voice  which,  without 
apparent  effort  on  his  part,  carried  every  syllable  to  his 
remotest  hearer.  His  ministry  began  with  the  most 
favorable  auspices,  and  was  increasingly  acceptable  for 
two  or  three  years.  But  to  the  sorrow  of  all  who  loved 
him,  he  became  the  victim  of  a  disease  of  the  cerebellum, 
occasioning  loss  of  vision,  and  impairment  of  faculty, 
which  resulted  in  increasing  disability  and  distress,  and 
finally  in  his  death.  Moreover,  after  the  impairment 
began,  but  before  it  was  understood,  certain  actions  of  his 
occasioned  comment,  mistrust,  and  in  some  instances  accu- 
sation. Not  altogether  unnaturally,  perhaps,  his  charac- 
ter was  called  in  question.  But  as  time  went  on,  and  his 
true  condition  became  apparent,  the  opinion  prevailed  that 
the  actions  alluded  to  were  indications  not  of  pravity  but 
of  disease  ;  and  that  the  record  of  a  life  of  exceptional 
purity  and  honor  should  not  be  overborne  by  the  incidents 
of  a  period  of  physical  disaster.  This  was  the  mature 
conclusion  of  the  majority  of  the  church.  Having  myself 
collected  testimonies  of  medical  experts  and  impartial 
observers — among  others  that  of  the  venerated  head  of 


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Yale  Colleg-e,  Dr.  Woolsey — I  came  to  the  same  conclu- 
sion ;  and,  without  reflecting-  in  the  slightest  upon  the 
excellent  men  who  at  the  time  judged  differently,  I  feel 
constrained  to  record  my  deliberate  judgment  that  the 
memory  of  Mr.  Richards  should  be  regarded  as  without  a 
stain. 

Since  his  dismission  twenty-five  years  have  passed.  Two 
full  years  intervened  before  a  successor  was  installed,  and 
that  successor  was  the  present  incumbent.  Of  him,  of 
course,  nothing  is  to  be  said.  Of  the  period  much  might 
be  written,  did  the  occasion  permit.  Many  recollections 
crowd  upon  me  to  which  I  dare  not  attempt  to  give  utter- 
ance. A  great  company  of  faces  come  up  before  me  whom 
I  shall  see  no  more  on  earth.  I  found  here  a  congregation 
imposing  in  its  appearance  and  interesting  in  its  manifest 
intelligence  and  seriousness  of  purpose.  I  remember 
counting  at  one  time  over  thirty  liberally  educated  men 
among  the  stated  attendants.  Among  them  were  many  of 
the  foremost  citizens  of  the  town.  But  they  were  largely 
of  a  generation  that  was  beginning  to  pass  away,  and  the 
fact  that  so  many  of  those  who  welcomed  me  I  have  myself 
outlived  casts  a  shadow  over  the  retrospect  of  my  minis- 
try. Moreover,  of  the  younger  generation,  which  has 
succeeded,  a  surprisingly  large  proportion  has  found 
homes  and  opportunities  of  living  elsewhere,  and  I  think 
readily  of  a  multitude  of  such  as  would  naturally  have 
filled  the  vacated  places,  scattered  far  and  wide  over  many 
states,  and  even  to  the  far  west  borders  of  the  nation. 
None  the  less  is  there  remaining  here  a  goodly  number  of 
Christian  men  and  women,  young  men  and  maidens,  youth 
and  children,  easily  keeping  alive  a  pastor's  hopes  and 
sympathies,  and  most  encouraging  to  his  devout  endeav- 
ors. Toward  them  one  and  all  I  cherish  feelings  which  I 
cannot  express  and  they  cannot  fathom.  It  is  with  undi- 
minished affection  for  this  ancient  church  that  I  have  come 
to  this  anniversary.  I  rejoice  that  it  has  been  so  fitly  cele- 
brated. May  other  centuries  be  added  to  the  honorable 
and  fruitful  history  which  we  have  commemorated — and 
the  blessing  of  Almighty  God  rest  upon  it  to  the  remotest 
generation ! 


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HISTORIC   SITES 

Site  of  First  Residence. 

Site  of  First  Meeting  House 


Henry  Summers.     N.  E.  corner  Park 
Ave.  and  Washington  Ave. 


1695. 


Site  of  Early  School  House. 


Meeting  House  Hill,  Park  Ave. 

West  side  of  Park  Ave.  near  North 
Ave. 


Site  of  Second  Meeting  House.  N.  W.  corner  Park  Ave.  and  North 

1717.  Ave. 

Site   of   First   St.  John    P.  E.  N.  W.  corner  North  Ave.  and  Wood 

Church.  Ave. 

Site    of    Residence    of    Rev.  On  "'The  Place,"  at  the  present  N. 

Robert  Ross.    Third  Pastor  E.  corner  of  North  Ave.  and  Laurel 

Stratfield.  Ave. 


7.  The   Stratfield   "Training 

Ground  "    and   entrance  to 
Stratfield   Burial  Ground. 

8.  Nichols  Tavern,  of   the  time 


N.  W.  corner  North  Ave.  and  Clinton 
Ave. 


OF   THE    Revolution,   v^here    ^t       ,„  xt     .,    « 
inT  No.  Qio  North  Ave. 

Washington    wtasenter-  ^ 


tained. 

Franklin    Mile    Stone.    20 
Miles  to  N.  H. 


Opposite  Nichols  Tavern. 


13. 


Site    of    Residence    of    Rev. 

Charles    Chauncey.      First    Grove  St.  near  Fairfield  Ave. 
Pastor  Stratfield. 

Site    of    Residence    of    R  e  v  . 

Samuel  Cooke.    Second  Pas-    Junction  Grove  St.  and  Laurel  Ave. 
tor  Stratfield. 

Site  of  Residence  of  Matthew 

Sherman,   d.   1698,   and   last    Park    Ave.,    next   lot    north   of    the 
residence   of   Samuel   Sher-        Second  Meeting  House. 
man.  Sen.,  d.  Apr.  5,  1700. 

Site  of  Residence  of   Deacon    Park  Ave.  extension — on  the  top  of 
David  Sherman.  Toilsome  Hill. 


14.  Site  of  Residence  of  Colonel 


John  Burr  and  the  Historic    ^^«      v 
Oat.  A^e.) 


591  Fairfield   Ave.  (west  of  Hancock 


15. 


Oak. 

Site  of  Residence  of  Richard    S.  E.  corner  Clinton  Ave.  and  Maple- 
HuBBELL,  Sen.  wood  Ave. 


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EXTRACTS   FROM   LETTERS. 

[Hon.  John  Sherman,  U.  S.  S.] 

Senate  Chamber.  ) 

Washington,  Ma)^  i6,  1895. ) 
Mr.  Charles  Sherwood. 

My  Dear  Sir  : — I  have  received  a  very  kind  note  from  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  Ray 
Palmer  inviting  me  to  join  in  your  celebration  of  the  two-hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Stratfield.  It 
would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  accept,  but  engagements  have  already  been 
made  which  will  prevent  me  from  doing  so.  *  *  * 

Very  truly  yours, 

JOHN    SHERMAN. 

(A  descendant  of  Samuel  Sherman,  Sr.,  who  was  the  father  of  Deacon 
David,  and  of  Matthew  Sherman.) 

[Hon.  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  LL.D.] 

New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad  Co. 

Grand  Central  Depot. 
New  York,  May  21,  1895. 

Z>ear  Dr.  Palmer  : — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  very  kind  letter  of  May  14th, 
I  am  connected  with  the  Chauncey  family,  and  therefore  the  more  regret 
that  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  be  with  you  on  the  13th  of  June, 

Very  truly  yours, 

CHAUNCEY  M.  DEPEW. 

(A  descendant  of  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey,  through  his  mother's  family.) 

[Hon.  John  W.  Sterling,  LL.D.] 

44  Wall  St.,  New  York,  May  28,  1895. 

Dear  Sir : — Yours  of  the  27th  instant  is  at  hand. 

I  thank  you  very  much  for  the  invitation  you  have  extended  to  me  to 
respond  for  my  family  to  some  commemorative  mention  upon  the  occasion 
of  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Church  of 
Christ  in  Stratfield,  on  the  12th  and  13th  of  June  next;  but  regret  that  I 
shall  not  be  able  to  attend  on  that  memorable  occasion. 

Hoping  that  everything  may  pass  off  as  successfully  as  you  could  wish,  I 
am  Yours  truly, 

JOHN  W.  STERLING. 

Rev,  Charles  Ray  Palmer,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

(A  descendant  of  Jacob  Sterling.) 

[Rev.  J.  Hardy  Towne,  D.D.] 

Andover,  Mass.,  May  27th,  1895. 
Rev.  C.  R.  Palmer,  D.D. 

My  Dear  Brother. — The  cordial  and  very  generous  invitation  which  you 
and  friends  in  Bridgeport  extend  to  me  and  my  daughter,  to  be  present  with 


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you  at  the  bi-centennial,  deeplj^  affects  me.  Nothing  would  be  more  gratifi- 
ing  to  my  feelings  than  to  comply  with  your  request.  1  can  never  forget 
Bridgeport,  and  the  dear  old  North.  I  can  never  forget  the  happy  years  of 
my  pastorate  there.  They  remain,  and  ever  will  remain,  a  verdant  and 
fragrant  memorj'^  in  the  landscape  of  the  past.  But  circumstances  over  which 
I  have  no  control  compel  me  to  forgo  the  pleasure  to  which  you  welcome 
me.  I  am  now  an  old  man,  a  very  old  man.  This  very  day  is  my  ninetieth 
birthday !  My  hand  in  writing  trembles  with  the  infirmity  of  age.  I  have 
hardly  crossed  my  door-step  for  several  months.  The  journey  would  be  too 
much  for  me  ;  and  even  if  I  could  reach  Bridgeport,  the  excitement  of  the 
occasion,  and  the  tender  reminiscences  that  would  be  ever  in  my  thoughts, 
would  be  a  strain  which,  in  my  present  feeble  state,  it  would  be  imprudent 
for  me  to  venture.  I  shall  often  think  of  you,  and  wish  I  could  be  with  you. 
That  you  may  have  a  rich  blessing  from  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  and 
that  the  union  of  two  sister  churches  in  the  religious  festivities  to  which 
you  are  looking  forward  with  common  interest,  may  knit  you  together  in 
still  closer  fellowship  and  love,  is  the  praj^er  of  one  who  must  ever  rejoice 
in  your  prosperity. 

I  shall  look  for  the  report  of  your  meetings  with  peculiar  interest. 

May  our  good  Lord,  my  dear  brother,  spare  your  useful  life  many  )'ears. 

AflTectionately, 

JOSEPH  H.  TOWNE. 


ET.  ) 

5,  1895.  ) 


[Rev.  George  L.  Walker,  D.D.] 

46  Prospect  Street. 
Hartford,  Conn.,  June  8,  1895. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Palmer. 

I  am  very  sorry  that  an  unavoidable  engagement  at  Andover  prevents  my 
attendance  on  the  interesting  exercises  which  are  promised  at  your  Church 
anniversar}'.  You  have  a  most  interesting  theme :  your  church  has  had  a 
distinguished  ministry,  and  the  opportunity  of  telling  its  story  is  one  which 
I  have  no  doubt  you  rejoice  in  and  will  magnify. 

I  wish  I  could  hear  your  address  and  the  others  which  will  be  spoken,  and 
only  den}'  myself  this  privilege  under  sheer  necessity. 

Very  truly  yours, 

GEO.  LEON  WALKER. 


[Prof.  Henry  A.  Rowland,  LL.D.,  Johns  Hopkins  University.] 

915  Cathedral  Street, 
Baltimore,  June  2,  1895 


Rev.  Charles  Ray  Palmer. 

Dear  Sir: — I  thank  )'^ou  most  cordially  for  the  kind  invitation  to  be  pres- 
ent at  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  First  Church  of  Bridgeport. 

M)'^  engagements,  however,  will  prevent  me  from  accepting  it,  although 
nothing  would  give  me  greater  pleasure  than  to  do  so. 


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I  %vould  especially  like  to  meet  my  relative,  Rowland  B.  Lacey,  Esq.,  to 

whom  I  wish  to  be  remembered. 

Yours  sincerely, 

HENRY  A.  ROWLAND. 
(A  descendant  of  Deacon  Henry  Rowland.) 


[Rev.  Horace  C.  Hovey,  D.D.] 

Newburyport,  Mass.,  June  5,  1895. 

Messrs.  Dr.  C.  R.  Palmer,  Chas.  Sherwood,  and  others.  Committee  of 

Invitation,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Dear  Brethren  : — On  returning  from  Pittsburgh,  last  week,  I  was  greatly 
pleased  to  find  your  invitation  to  attend  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  First  Church  and  Society  of  Bridgeport. 

I  have  delayed  answering,  hoping  to  be  able  to  answer  affirmatively  ;  but 
my  circumstances  will  not  permit  me  to  do  so. 

I  trust  you  and  your  church,  and  the  churches  co-operating,  may  have  a 
delightful  occasion ;  and  that  the  signal  blessings  of  the  past  may  be  pro- 
phetic of  larger  blessings  yet  to  come. 

May  grace,  mercy,  and  peace  abide  with  you.     Amen. 

Fraternally  yours, 

HORACE  C.     HOVEY. 


[Rev.  Charles  H.  Peck.] 

N.  Bennington,  Vt.,  May  24,  1895. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Sherv^^ood. 

I  am  pleased  to  be  remembered  by  the   invitation  to  the  coming  celebra- 
tion in  North  Church. 

I  regret  it  will  be  quite  impossible  to  attend. 
May  the  occasion  be  a  most  happy  one  to  all  concerned. 

Very  truly  yours, 

CHARLES  H.  PECK. 


[Rev.  Alfred  T.  Waterman.] 

Baldwin,  Mich.,  May  24,  1895. 
Mr.  Charles  Sherwood,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

My  Dear  Sir  : — Your  kind  invitation  to  attend  the  two-hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  organization  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Strat&eld,  is  duly  at 
hand  and  greatly  appreciated. 

I  regret  to  say  that  it  does  not  appear  practicable  to  allow  myself  the 
pleasure  of  being  present  on  that  occasion. 

Cordially  yours, 

A.  T.  WATERMAN. 
(A  grandson  of  Rev.  Elijah  Waterman.) 


—  i6o — 

[Mr.  David  Sherman  Lacey.] 

CoRONADO  Beach,  Calif.,  May  22,  1895. 
Gentlemen  of  the  Committee. 

Dear  Sirs  : — Your  cordial  invitation  to  be  present  at  celebration  is  at 
hand. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  and  satisfaction  to  receive  it,  and  it  is  with 
deep  regret  that  I  must  say,  that  circumstances  will  not  allow  me  to  be  with 
you  on  the  occasion. 

The  fac-simile  of  tankard  and  cups  from  the  old  communion  service, 
which  heads  your  invitation,  is  wonderfully  familiar  to  my  e3^es,  they  being 
among  the  earliest  recollections  of  my  bo3'hood. 

The  old  North  Church  is  still  very  dear  to  me — and  I  trust  and  pray  th^t 
it  may  have  a  wonderful  blessing  in  the  future. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

DAVID  SHERMAN  LACEY. 
I 

(A  descendant  of  Dea.  David  Sherman,  and  also  of  Matthew  Sherman.) 

[Miss  Julia  E.  Hunter.] 

No.  62  West  930  Street.         1 
New  York,  June  7,  1895.  ) 
R.  B.  Lacey,  Esq..  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Dear  Sir  : — Please  accept  my  thanks  for  the  cordial  invitation  from  the 
committee  and  j'ourself  to  attend   the   two-hundredth  anniversary  of    the 
First  Church  and  Society  in   Bridgeport,  and   my  regrets  that  I  cannot  be 
present. 
My  mother,  now  eighty-four  years  old,  desires  to  send  greetings. 
Yours  very  truly, 

JULIA  E.  HUNTER. 
(Daughter  of  Rev.  John  H.  Hunter.) 

[Rev.  J.  J.  Wooley.] 

Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  June  3,  1895. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Lacey. 

I  regret  that  an  engagement  here,  or  in  Providence,  will  prevent  my  com- 
ing to  Bridgeport  to  attend  the  "  two-hundredth  anniversary"  of  the  church 
organized  in  Stratfield,  June  13,  1695.  It  will  be  an  event  of  unusual  inter- 
est, and  I  am  sorry  to  be  so  situated  as  to  be  denied  the  privilege  of  attend- 
ing  the    celebration.     With    many   thanks    for    your    invitation    and    kind 

regards,  I  am  Very  truly  yours, 

J.  J.  WOOLEY. 
(Descendant  of  Stephen  Burroughs.) 

[Mrs.  Mary  D.  Wilcox.] 

Dickinson  House,  Lawrenceville  School,         1 
Lawrenceville,  N.  J.,  May  20,  1895.  ) 
Mr.  Rowland  B.  Lacey. 

Dear  Friend  .-—The  invitation  to  attend  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  First  Church  of  Bridgeport  came  to  me  to-day. 


— i6i— 

I  wish  to  thank  you  for  so  kindly  remembering  us. 

As  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  first  deacons,  it  would  give  me  much  pleas- 
ure  to  be  present  at  the  exercises,  but  I  fear  that  at  that  time  it  will  not  be 
possible  for  me  to  leave  home.     *     *     * 

I  remain  yours  very  sincerely, 

MARY  DUDLEY  WILLCOX. 

(Descendant  of  Dea.  David  Sherman,  and  Dea.  Henry  Rowland.) 


[Mr.  Joseph  D.  Bartley.] 

Bradford,  Mass.,  June  lo,  1895. 
My  Dear  Dr.  Palmer. 

We  thank  you  for  the  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  celebration  of  the 
"  two-hundredth  anniversary  "  of  your  church.  It  is  pleasant  to  be  remem- 
bered, though  our  names  no  longer  stand  on  your  roll,  and  I  need  not  say  it 
would  give  us  the  greatest  pleasure,  if  it  were  possible,  to  join  in  the  exer- 
cises of  the  occasion. 

The  ten  years  of  our  connection  with  the  dear  old  church  are  fraught 
with  precious  and  tender  memories.     *     *     * 

You  know  we  loved  the  church  service,  the  Sabbath  School,  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Societ)'-,  and  the  "mid-week  meeting"  in  that  upper  room  of 
hallowed  associations  ;  and  that  our  tender  experiences  connected  with  your 
own  dear  family  bring  loving  and  sympathetic  tears  as  I  write.  May  the 
record  of  the  noble  church  and  people  be  an  inspiration  to  still  greater 
results  in  the  future,  to  the  kingdom  of  our  dear  common  Lord. 

Though  absent  in  body,  we  shall  be  with  )'ou  in  thought  and  spirit,  on 
next  Wednesday  and  Thursday. 

In  behalf  of  my  family  and  myself, 

I  am  yours  most  cordially, 

JOSEPH  DANA  BARTLEY. 

[Rev.  Albert  F.  Pierce.] 

Danbury,  Conn.,  June  11,  1895. 
Dear  Dr.  Palmer. 

I  would  greatly  enjoy  being  present  at  the  exercises  to-morrow  and  Thurs- 
day commemorating  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of  the  First  Church, 
but  absence  from  the  state  prevents.  I  hereby  send  most  cordial  greeting 
to  the  church,  congratulating  it  upon  its  history  of  fruitfulness  and  good 
works,  and  praying  for  it  an  even  more  glorious  future.  Please  accept  for 
yourself  my  personal  felicitations,  together  with  the  wish  that  you  may  long 
be  spared  to  your  church,  and  to  your  hosts  of  friends  in  all  parts  of  the 
state. 

With  sincere  and  hearty  congratulations  and  best  wishes,  I  remain 

Most  truly  yours, 

ALBERT  F.  PIERCE. 


1 62 — 

[Prof.  Arthur  M.  Wheeler.] 

New  Haven,  June  ii,  1895. 
Charles  Sherwood,  Esq.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

My  Dear  Sir : — Please  accept  for  yourself  and  5'our  committee  my  cordial 
thanks  for  you  kind  invitation.  Until  to-day  I  thought  it  might  be  possible 
for  me  to  come  ;  but  I  find  now  that  I  cannot  get  away. 

Sincerely  yours, 

A.  M.  WHEELER. 

[Mr.  Walter  Hubbell.] 

New  York,  June  11,  1895. 
Pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Dear  Sir  : — *  *  It  is  %vith  regret  that  I  must  say  I  cannot  be  present  on 
June  I2th  and  13th  at  your  two-hundredth  anniversary. 

*  *  *  I  am  descended  from  Richard  Hubbell,  Sr.,  and  his  son  Richard 
Hubbell,  Jr.,  both  of  whose  names  are  among  those  of  the  nine  original 
members,  the  founders. 

Hoping  the  anniversary  will  be  a  grand  celebration,  worth}^  of  so  event- 
ful an  occasion,  I  am 

Yours  sincerely, 

WALTER  HUBBELL. 

[Rev.  Henry  Blodgett,  D.D.] 

Plainfield,  N.  J.,  June  11,  1895. 
My  Dear  Dr.  Palmer. 

I  regret  exceedingly  that  I  cannot  on  the  morrow  and  the  day  following 
sit  with  )^ou  and  my  good  friends  in  Bridgeport  under  the  shadow  of  two 
centuries  that  are  past,  and  commemorate  the  good  hand  of  our  Lord  upon 
us,  and  the  lives  of  his  faithful  servants.  May  the  church  continue  and 
flourish  while  Bridgeport  remains,  and  until  the  Lord  comes  !  You  must 
rejoice  in  your  lengthened  pastorate,  which  covers  more  than  one-tenth  of 
the  whole  existence  of  the  church.     My  best  wishes  are  with  you  all. 

We  leave  for  Clifton  Springs  to-morrow  to  attend  the  convention  of  mis- 
sionaries at  that  place. 

Yours  most  sincerely, 

H.  BLODGET. 

[Rev.  Gerald  H.  Beard,  Ph.D.] 

South  Norwalk,  June  12, 1895. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Palmer. 

As  I  wrote  to  Mr.  Sherwood,  I  intended  to  be  present  at  the  anniversary 
exercises  of  your  church  to-day.  But  I  find  that  after  all,  I  cannot  have 
that  pleasure. 

Please  extend,  instead,  my  congratulations  to  your  church  ;  and  accept 
my  sincere  regard  and  good  wishes  for  yourself. 

May  God  continue  to  bless  and  prosper  you  in  the  noble  work  you  are 
doing.  I  trust  these  anniversary  days  may  be  full  of  satisfaction  and 
blessed  memories  for  you,  and  a  benefit  to  all. 

Fraternally  yours, 

GERALD  H.  BEARD. 


— 163— 


RECORD    OF    MEMBERSHIP    OF    THE    FIRST 
CHURCH    OF    BRIDGEPORT,    CONN. 

1695  to  1806. 

The  following  list  has  been  practically  compiled  from  the  scanty  material 
found  in  the  ancient  volumes  of  the  Church  and  Society  records  and  is 
necessarily  imperfect.  The  invaluable  account  kept  by  the  Rev.  Charles 
Chauncey,  first  minister  of  the  church,  1695  to  1714,  was  not  continued  by 
his  successors.  The  partial  list  of  baptisms,  marriages  and  deaths  given, 
the  mortuary  record  kept  by  Abijah  Sterling,  Esq.,  from  1767  to  1802,  and 
the  transcript  of  inscriptions  on  stones  in  the  old  Stratfield  burying-ground, 
copied  by  the  late  William  R.  Bunnell,  Esq.,  also  Mr.  Bunnell's  list  of 
family  records,  all  found  in  the  first  of  the  church  volumes,  have  been 
drawn  upon  liberally,  and  by  comparison  of  dates  and  relationships  an 
approximately  correct  account  has  been  obtained.  In  addition  to  the 
membership  of  1695,  of  ten  males  and  fifteen  females.  Rev.  Samuel  Cooke 
has  left  a  record  for  1731  (which  is  printed  elsewhere,  verbatim),  showing 
at  that  time  fort3r-five  male  and  sixty-eight  female  members  in  full  com- 
munion ;  and  a  list  was  prepared  by  Rev.  Elijah  Waterman,  at  the  begin- 
ning of  his  ministry,  in  1806.  The  last  includes  seventeen  male  and  thirty 
female  members,  forty-seven  in  all,  in  full  communion ;  in  addition  to 
which  were  thirty-six  men  and  thirty-three  women,  a  total  of  sixty-nine, 
who  had  owned  the  covenant  and  brought  their  children  to  baptism. 


—  164 — 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS,    1695    TO    1806. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

L.  Admitted  by  Letter.    P.  Admitted  upon  Profession  of  Faith.    R.C.  Renewed  Covenant.    F.C.  Admitted 

to  Full  Communion.    D.  Dismissed,    ce.  Age.    bap.  Baptized,    m.  Married,    d.  Died. 

dau.  Daughter,    j-.  Son.    w.  Wife.    luid.  Widow. 


Name. 


Austin,  Maj.  and  Dea.  (1807)  John  P. 

Austin,  Susannah 

Allen,  Nehemiah 


Admitted. 


Bennett,  Lt.  James,  Sr 

Beardsley,  Capt.  Samuel,  b.  1638. 

Bennett,  Mary 

Beardsley,  Abigail 

Bingham,  Abel 

Bingham,  Elizabeth 

Beardsley,  Daniel 

Beardsley,  Capt.  John,  Sr 

Beardsley,  Mary  (L.  July  z6,  1702) 

Beardsley,  William 

Beardsley,  Ebenezer 

Beardsley,  Benjamin 

Bennett,  Joseph ._-- 

Beardsley,  Rebecca .'.. 

Bennett,  Justice  James,  Jr 

Bennett,  Sarah 

Bennett,  Isaac 

Burr,  Col.  John,  Recorder 

Burr,  Deborah  (Barlow) 

Beardsley,  William,  Jr 

Beardsley,  Elizabeth . 

Beardsley,  Anne 

Booth,  Rachel 

Burritt,  Sarah 

Beecher,  Elizabeth 

Booth,  Sergt.  Dea.  Joseph 

Booth,  Sarah 

Bennett,  Martha F.C 

Beardsley,  N athan 1 706  R.C 


L. 

L. 

L. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 

F.C. 
F.C. 

F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 


Bennett,  James . 

Bennett, 

Bradley,  Abigail 

Bennett,  Abigail 

Bronson,  Moses 

Bronson,  Jane 

Booth,  Esther 

Burritt,  Charles 

Burritt,  Mary 

Beardsley,  Anne  or  (Lake),  (5rt/.  1705 
Beardsley,  Obadiah,  bap.  1706 

Beardsley,  Mercy 

Burr, 

Beardsley,  Deborah  (Hull) 

Burrows,  Stephen 1720 

Burrows,  Abigail  (French) 
Bennett,  Stephen,  baf.  1702 

Beardsley,  Martha 

Bennett,  Lieut.  Dea.  (1754)  William 


Bennett,  Eunice? 

Beardsley,  Ruth,  bap.  1713 

Beardsley,  Rebecca,  bap.  1716 

Beardsley,  Samuel,  bap.  itlt^ 

Beardsley,  Andrew,  bap.  iTi-'i 

Burrows,  Patience 

Beardsley,  James 

Beardsley,  John,  Jr.,  bap.  1704... 


R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
F.C 


R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 


1806,        fr.  N.  Haven 
before  1806.  


June  13, 169s,  fr.  Stratford 
June  13, 1695,  fr.  Stratford 
July  10, 1695,  fr.  Stratford 
July  10,  1695,  fr.  Stratford 

May  10,  1696.  

May  10, 1696.  

Feb.   8,1697 

Feb.   8, 1697 

Feb.   8,  1697,  fr.  Fairfield 

Feb.   8,1697 

Feb.   8,1697 

Feb.   8, 1697 

Feb.   8,  1697 

Feb.  8, 1697.  

Nov.  7, 1697.  

Nov.  7,  1697.  

May    1,1698.  

Aug.28, 1698.  

Aug.28, 1698.  

1700.  

Apl.  22,  1705.  

Feb.  13,  1709.  

Mch.27,  1709.  

Dec.        1709.  

Jan.     1, 1710.  

Jan.         1712.  

Jan.         1712.  

Mch.  9, 1712.  

Mch.30, 1712.  

Oct.  26,  1712.  

Oct.  26, 1712.  

.  Oct.  26,  1712.  

Oct.  26,  1712.  

Dec.  27,  1713.  

Mch.  7, 1714.  

Feb.   2,  1718.  

Feb.   2,  1718.  

.  Aug.   8,  1731 

.  Oct.  31,  1731.  

Oct.  31,1731 

before  1731.  


Removed. 


R.C 


1731- 
1731- 
1732- 
Apl.  16, 1732. 
.  Apl.  16,  1732. 


R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 


Apl.  16, 1732. 
Mch. 17, 1734. 
Mch. 17, 1734. 
Mch.3i,  1734. 
Mch. 31,  173^. 
Apl.  7.  1734- 

1735- 
Feb.  18, 1736. 


d.  after  1809 
d.  1810,  (E.  81 

d.  1707 
d.  after  1731 


Remarks. 


w.  of  John  P. 


Freeman  of  Fairfield,  i66g. 


•w.  of  James,  Sr. 
w.  of  Samuel. 
d.  June  22,  1707  m.  1694,  Elizabeth  Odell. 


rf.  after  1731 

d.  1732?        \nt.  2d,  1711,  Deborah  Hull. 
d.  Jan.  7,  1711    a/,  of  John. 
d.  after  1718 
d.  after  1700 
d.  after  1736 
d.  after  1716 


d.  after  1736 

d.  after  1714 

d.  after  1731 

d.  June  13,  1750  a.  79 

d.  1726 


lu.  of  James,  Jr. 


•w.  of  John,  a.  52. 


d.  after  1731 


d.  1763 
d.  1784 

d.  Aug.  6,  1750 
d.  after  1733 
d.  after  1731 


D.  Apl.  8,1716 
d.  after  1750 
d.  after  1733 

D.  before  1770 


d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1735 
d.  alter  1733 
d.  after  1736 

D.  1756,  d.  1788 
ce.  79. 

d.  1796  ? 


d.  1782 
d.  after  1781 

d.  after  1736 
d.  after  1742 


w.  of  W^illiam. 
vj.  of  Daniel. 
vj.  of  Jonathan. 
lu.  of  Peleg. 
dau.  of  Sarah. 
Deacon  1733;  a.  75. 
It),  of  Joseph,  ce.  76. 
■w.  of  Isaac. 

W.Jan. 7,1713,  Eliz.  Hubbell. 
s.  of  James,  Jr. 
IV.  of  James. 

m.  1717,  Ephraim  Hubbell. 
in.  Jan.  26,  i7i4?,Zach.Hub- 
[bell;  (a'a?<.  of  James,  Jr.) 
IV.  of  Richard.  [town. 

■w.  of  Jonathan;    to   New- 


TO.  of  Charles. 

dau.  of  Daniel. 

J.  of  John. 

TO.  of  Obadiah. 

iv.  of  Sergt.  Burr. 

It/,  of  John,  Sr. ;  in.  1711. 

[1724. 
TV.  of  Stephen  ;  m.  Oct.  8, 
s.  of  James;  m,  1724. 

m.  Hannah  Seeley,  1731,  w. 

Cath.  Hawley,  1739  ;  J.  of 

Joseph. 
%u.  of  William. 
dati.  of  Nathan. 
W/.1735, James;  ^rt«.  Nathan. 
J.  of  John. 
J.  of  John. 

[Beardsley,  1735. 
in.  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Nathan 


■i65- 


Name. 


Bennett,  Martha.,  6ap.  1717 

Beardsley,  Deborah 

Beardsley,  Abigail 

Brinsmade,  Joseph 

Brinsmade,  Ruth  (Winton)  ... 

Booth,  John 

Booth,  Lydia 

Burr,  Capt.  ?  John,  Jr.,  iitp.  i6( 

Burr,  Eunice  (Booth) 

Barlow,  John 

Barlow,  Beulah  (Bennett),  6ap, 

Burritt,  Josiah 

Burr,  William,  Sap.  1712 


Admitted. 


!R.C.  Apl.    4,1736. 

jR.C.  N0V.28, 1736. 

JR.C.  Nov. 28, 1736. 

iR. C.Oct.  14,1749. 

, R.C.Oct.  14,1749. 

R.C  N0V.25, 1749. 

jR.C.  Nov. 25,  1749. 

18...  IR.C.  Apl.  15,1750. 
R.C.  Apl.  15,1750. 

R.C.Jan.    6,1750. 

R.C.  Jan.    6, 1750. 

R.C.  Sept.  Q,  1750. 
before  1762. 


1731 


Broth  well,  Joseph 1740? 

Blatchford,  Rev.  Samuel 1767 

Beach,  Dr.  and  Dea.  (1806)  James 

Eaton 1778 

Backus,  Joseph '799 

Burroughs,  Griswold  (Grizzell) 

Beach,  Huldah 

Burr,  Jemima 

Burr,  Samuel ; 

Brothwell,  Thomas,  Sr 1797^ 

Brothwell,  Hannah 

Burr,  Deborah... 

Burroughs,  Edward 

Burroughs,  Elizabeth 

Burroughs,  Polly 

Burr,  Elijah 1795 


Chauncey,  Rev.  Charles 

Chauncey,  Sarah  (Burr) 

Crane,  Elijah 

Crane,  Marv 

Castle,  William 

Castle,  Rebecca 

Chauncey,  Israel,  6.  1693 


R.C 
F.C 

R^C 
R.C 
F.C, 
R.C 
F.C, 
R.C 
F.C. 
R.C 
F.C, 
R.C 
F.C, 


before  1762. 
Nov.  22, 1797. 

before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  i8o6. 
before  1806. 
before  1806.  I 
Mch.  5, 1808.  ) 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. ;  I 

1807.  f 

before  1806.    ( 

1815.  f 

before  1806.    ( 

1815.  f 

before  1806.    I 

1815.  f 

before  1806.    ( 


June  13,  1695 

F.C.  Dec.  20, 1696 
R.C.  Feb.  8, 1697 

IF.C.  Oct.  22,1699 

R.C.  Mch.  9, 1712 
R.C.  Mch.  9, 1712 
R.C.  Nov. 23, 1712 


Chauncey,  Robert,  3ap.  1701 

Crawford  Quintin? 

Cooke,  Rev.  Samuel 

Cooke,  Anne  (Trowbridge) 

Cooke,  Deliverance 

Crawford,  Dorothy 

Cooke,  Elizabeth 

Cable,  Samuel 

Cooke,  John,  6.  1715 

Crane,  Elijah 

Crane,  Elizabeth  (Wakeley) 

Curtis,  Jonah 

Cole,  Caleb 

Cole,  Rebecca 

Comstock,  Daniel .1716 

Cooke,  Samuel,  Jr 

Comstock,  Sarah,  6a^.  1718 

Comstock,  Daniel,  Jr 

Comstock,  Elizabeth 

Comstock,  Mary 

Camp,  Dea.  Abraham 

Cable,  Jerusha 


Dego,  James 

Dickinson,  Daniel. 
Dibble,  Dea.  John  . 


R.C. 
L. 

F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 


R.C. 


R.C, 
R.C. 


R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
..  R.C. 
I  F.C. 


DeForest,  Capt.  and  Dea.  William. 


1712. 
Sept.  27, 1713. 
July —,1715. 
Dec.  16, 1716. 
Apl.  20,  1718. 
Mch  24, 1717. 

Aug.  8,1731. 

1731. 
July  29, 1733. 
July  29,1733. 

1732. 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
May  5,  1734. 
Sept.22,  1734. 
Dec.  29,  1734. 
Dec.  29, 1734. 
Dec.  29,  1734. 
Feb.  18,  1736. 
before  1779. 
before  1806. 


F.C,  June23, 1717. 
R.C.  Aug.  8,  1731. 

before  1771. 

R.C.  before  1806,    I 
F.C.  Dec.  — ,  1806,  ( 


Remarks. 


dau.  of  Isaac, 
tiau.  of  John. 
dau.  of  John. 


w.  of  Joseph. 


Removed. 


d.  after  1750 
d.  1784,  a;.  53 


d.  1771 
d.  after  1770 
d.  after  1754 


d.  1769,  iS.  58 


d.  after  1770 
D.  Mch.  20, 1804 
d.  Mch.  17,  1828 


d.  1838  

D.  Jan.  24,  1830  >«.  Huldah  Burroughs 


wife  of  John  ;  ;«.  1750. 

['«•  1749- 
dau.  of  Isaac  ;  w.  of  John  ; 

.  of  Maj.  John  Burr;  tn. 
1774,  Mrs.  Charity  (Wells) 
Strong. 

»t.  1788,  Alicia  Windeatt. 


d.  1812,  ce.  78 

d.  1821,  «.  60 

d.  1825,  ce.  65 

d.  1842,  es.  76 
d.  1829,  iS.  63 

d,  1817, a.  57 
D.  Jan.  24,  1830 


D.  Jan.  24,  1830 

d.  17 14,    .  48 

d.  1697 
d.  after  1732 

d.  after  1718 

d.  after  1731 

d.  after  1742 

d.  after  1719 

d.  1747,  «.  60  or 

d.  1721  a:.  33 


d.  May  16,  173! 
d.  after  1734 

d.  1813 
d.  after  1734 

d.  after  1734 
d.  after  1735 


ivid.  of  Edw.  who  d.  1776, 
w.  of  James  Eaton.  [«.  42 
■w.  of  Samuel. 


s.  of  Joseph. 
w.  of  Thomas 

w.  of  Elijah. 


d.  after  1735 


d.  1810,  <E.  64 


D.  Jan.  24,  1830 
d.  ee.  about  80. 


IV.  of  Rev.  Charles. 


7«.  of  William;  tn.  1711. 
nt.  1721,  Martha  Wakeman, 

dau.  of  Capt.  John. 
m.  \T2.iy  Hannah  Wheeler. 

61      [1708. 

w.  of  Samuel;   ?«.  Nov.  30, 
sister  of  Rev.  Samuel. 
w.  of  Quintin. 

m.  1731,  Anne  Wheeler. 
J.  of  Rev.  Samuel. 

lu.  of  Elijah;  m.  1732. 


■w.  of  Caleb. 

?«.  1733,  Abigail  Moss;  s.  of 
d.  of  Daniel.       [Rev.  Sam'l. 

iu.  of  Daniel,  Jr. 
w.  of  Daniel. 

w.  of  Samuel. 


—1 66- 


Name. 


Dudley,  Hannah... 

Dudley.  Azel 

DeForest,  Sally  ... 


Edwards,  Capt.  John,  Sr. 

Edwards,  Mary 

Edwards,  Joseph 

Edwards,  Thomas 

Edwards,  John,  Jr 


Fairchild,  Alexander 

French,  Abigail 

French,  Samuel 

Fairchild,  Hannah 

Ferris,  Zachariah,  Sr 

Fairchild,  Deborah,  bap.  1706 

Ferris,  Zachariah,  Jr 

Ferris,  Mary 

Ferris.  Martha 

Fayerweather,  Benjamin 1704 

Frost,  Joseph 

Frost,  Abner 

Fairchild,  Caleb 

French,  Sergt.  Samuel 1704 

French, 

Fairchild,  Mary  (Mallory) 

Fayerweather,  Joseph,  bap.  1707  ... 
Fayerweather,  Sarah  (Sherwood) .. 

Fairchild,  James „ 

Fairchild, 

Fayerweather,  Widow 

French, 

Fayerweather,  John,  bap.  1704 

Fayerweather,  Anne 

Fayerweather,  Abigail 

French,  Samuel,  Jr 

Fayerweather,  Lt.  Benj.,  bap.  1717. 
Fayerweather,  John,  bap.  1736 

Fayerweather,  Daniel 1795 

Fayerweather,  Betsey 

Freeman,  Primus  ] 
Freeman,  Chloe         ^„i       j 
Freeman,  Thomas  f  Colored  ... 
Freeman,  Chloe     J 


R.C, 


R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 

L. 

L. 

f'c'. 

R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 


R.C 


R.C, 


F.C 


Admitted. 


before  1806. 

before  1806. 

1807. 

before  1731. 
before  1731. 

1731- 
1731- 
1733- 

Feb.  8, 1697. 
Feb.  8, 1697. 
Mch.  8, 1697. 
Sept.  10, 1699, 
Sept.  19,  1705. 

1706? 
May  23, 1708. 
Apr.  17, 1709. 
Oct.  21, 1711. 
April  5,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26, 1712. 
Nov.  2, 1712, 
before  1731. 
before  173 1. 
Dec.   5, 1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 

1732. 
Dec.  30, 1733. 
Mch.  10, 1734. 
.  April  8, 1736. 


fr.  Stratford 


R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 


\  ::;: 


Gregory,  Sergt.  Samuel,  Sr 

Gregory,  Rebecca L. 

R.C. 

R.C. 

R.C. 

F.C. 


Gregory,  Abigail 

Gruman,  Samuel 

Gregory,  Joanna 

Gregory,  Mary 

Gregory,  Esther 

Gregory,  Thaddeus,  bap.  1701. 

Gregory,  Hulda 

Gregory,  Abigail  (Wakeley).. 

Gregory,  Sergt.  Ebenezer 

Gregory,  Benjamin F.C. 

Gregory,  Ensign  ?  Samuel i734:R.C, 

Gregory,  Naomi,  <5(z/.  1733 IR.C, 

Gregory,  Ezra '^-C' 


Gregory,  Sarah 

Gouge,  Thomas 1792 

Gouge,  Ruth 

Gregory,  James 


Gregory,  Philena 1792 


|F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C 
F.C. 
R.C 
F.C. 
R.C 
F.C 


before  1806. 

1809. 

1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 


June  13, 169s,  fr.  Faiifield 

July  10, 169s,  fr.  Fairfield 

Feb.   8,1697 

Nov.  2, 1712.  

Dec.   7,  1712.  

July  13, 1718.  

before  1731.  

before  1731.  

before  1731.  

before  1731.  

1734.  

Sept.  22, 1734.  

Dec.  17,  1749.  

Dec.  17, 1749.  

before  i8c6.  I 
Jan.  1, 1815.  I 
before  1806.    I 

Jan.    3,1808.)       

before  1806.    I 

Mch.  4, 1827.  (       

before  1806.    I 


Removed. 


Remarks. 


iv.  of  Azel. 
D.  Jan.  24,  1830  IV.  of  William. 


d.  1744,  a.  82 
d.  1749, a.  82 
d.  after  1736 
d.  after  1736 
d.  after  1735 


d.  after  1732 

d.  after  1709 

D.  Nov.  18,  1716 

d.  after  1709 

d.  1725, a.  55 


d.  after  17 17 

d.  Dec.  23,  1732 

d.  after  1734 

d.  Sept.  3,  1732 
d.  1743,  CB.  67 
d.  after  1734 


d.  after  1732 
d.  after  1762  ? 
d.  1773,  IB.  61 

d.  1773 
d.  1791,  <E.  74 
d.  after  1762  ? 

d.  1849 

d.  1858 


d.  after  1815 


d.  after  1717 


d.  1790,  ce.  83 
d.  1777 

d.  after  1733 
d.  Mch.  8,  1750 

d,  1766 

d.  after  1835  ? 
d.  1816,  ce.  58 

d.  1848 
d.  1826,  a.  56 


1807.  f 

Mch.  1, 1807.  ( 

1807.         i 


Hubbell,  Serg't  Richard,  Sr Juneis,  1695,  fr.  Stratford 

Hubbell,  Lieut.  Richard,  Jr I June  13, 1695,  fr.  Stratford 


w,  of  John,  Sr. 

m.  1731,  Prudence  Wakeley 


m.  1721,  Mary  Mallory. 
dati.  of  Samuel  Sherman;  iv. 
[of  Samuel. 

To  New  MU'f or'd ." 

dau.  of  Alexander. 


w.  of  Samuel.  [Sherwood. 
7n.  1693,  Sarah,  dau.oi  Matt. 
[Francis  Hall. 
1723,  Rebecca,   dazt.  of 


■w.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  Alexander. 
s.  of  Benjamin. 
w.  of  Benjamin. 

w.  of  James. 

w.  of  Samuel,  Jr. 
J.  of  Benjamin. 
IV.  of  John. 
•wid.  of  ? 

m.  1742,  Elizabeth  Beach, 
.f.  of  John. 


w.  of  Daniel. 
w.  of  Primus. 
w.  of  Thomas. 


d.  1699 
d.  after  1731 


[Beardsley. 
w.oi  Benjamin;  d?a«.of  Jno. 


■w.  of  Sergt.  Samuel. 
vi.  of  Enoch. 
s.  of  Samuel,  Jr. 
•w.  of  Thaddeus. 
IV.  of  Ensign  Samuel. 
s.  of  Samuel,  Sr. 


dau.  of  Ebenezer. 


w.  of  Ezra. 


w.  of  Thomas. 


w,  of  James. 

Freeman  Fairfield,  i66g. 


■167- 


I 


Name. 


Hall,  Susannah _. 

Hubbell,  Abigail 

Hubbell,  Temperance 

Hubbell,  Sarah 

Hawley,  Dea.  Thomas 

Hall,  Jane 

Hollinsworth,  Ruth - 

Hubbell,  Peter 

Hubbell,  Katharine 

Hubbell,  Ebenezer 1705 

Hubbell,  Zachariah,  b.  1694 

Hall,  David 

Hubbell,  Lt.  Ephraim 

Hubbell,  Jonathan 

Hubbell,  John 

Hubbell,  Anne  (Wells) 

Hubbell,  Elizabeth 

Hall,  Samuel 1700 

Hubbell,  Samuel,  Sr 


Hubbell,  Capt.  Daniel 

Hawley,  Gideon 

Hawley,  Anna  (Bennett) 

Hubbell,  Dea.  Richard,  Jr 

Hubbell,  Stephen 

Hubbell,  Hannah,  bap.  1698 

Hall,  John 

Hall,  Abigail,  bap.  1700? 

Hall,  Mary 

Hall,  Martha 

Hall,  Margaret  (Stiles) 

Hall,  Samuel 

Hall,  Hannah 

Hall.  Sergt.  Francis,  Sr 

Hubbell,  Hannah 

Hubbell,  Anna 

Hall,  Mother  of  Samuel 

Hubbell,  Esther  (Beach). 

Hall,  B'rancis,  Jr.,  bap.  1705 

Hodgdon,  JSIrs 

Hubbell,  Sergt.  James 1703 

Hubbell,  Widow 

Hall,  Widow  Sarah 

Hubbell,  Capt.  David,  bap.  1698 

Hall,  Mary,  bap.  1760 

Hawley,  Ebenezer,  bap.  1703 

Hall,  Richard,  bap.  1713 

Hall,  Hannah  (Booth) 

Hubbell,  Penelope 

Hubbell,  Andrew,  bap.  1706 

Hunn,  Nathaniel 

Hall,  Elnathan,  bap.  \ti\ 

Hall,  Abigail,  bap.  1700 

Hubbell,  Abigail,  bap.  1709 

Hawley,  Sergt.  James,  bap.  1713  ... 

Hawley,  Eunice  (Jackson) 

Hall,  Abigail 

Hard,  Nathan,  bap.  1706 

Hurd, 

Hubbell,  Mary,  bap.  1709 

Hall,  Hannah  (Hawley) 

Hall,  Martha,  bap.  1717 

Hawley,  Zaciiariah,  bap.  1717 

Hall,  Widow  Anne 

Hubbell,  Keziah... 

Hawley,  Capt.  Ezra,  bap.  \-ji.i 

Hawley,  Abigail 

Hall,  Rev.  Lyman 

Hubbell,  Abel 

Hubbell,  Martha... 

Hodgdon,  Mary 

Hubbell,  Daniel 


Admitted, 


F.C.Jan.     5,1695.  

L.  July  10, 1695,  fr.  Stratford 
L.July  10,  169s,  fr.  Stratford 

R.C.  Feb.  8,1697 

L.         1699,         fr.  Stratford 

F.C.  April  7, 1700.  

F.C.  Apl.  15, 1711.  

R.C.  Apl.  13, 1712.  

R.C.  Apl.  13, 1712.  

R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712 

R.C.  Oct.  26,  1712.  ) 

F.C.April  8,1736.  I        

R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712 

R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712 

R.C.Oct.  26, 1712 

R.C.Oct.  26,1712 

R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712 

R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712.  

R.C.  Nov.  2, 1712.  

F.C.  Nov. 16, 1712 

R.C.  N0V.23, 1712.  

F.C.Jan.  18,1713 

F.C.Jan.  18, 1713 

R.C.  Feb.   7, 1714.  I 

F.C.  Feb.  27, 1732.  f 

R.C.Feb.   7. 1714 

R.C.  Feb.    7, 1714.  

F.C.  Feb.  17, 1717 

F.C.  Feb.  17,  1717.  

R.C.  Mch.  3,1717 

F.C.May    5,1717 

R.C.Oct.    6,1717 

R.C.Oct.    6,1717 

R.C.Oct.    6,1717 

1717.  

Jan.  12,1718.  

F.C.July  13, 1718 


before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

R.C.Aug.  8,  1731. 
F.C.  Aug.  8, 1731. 
R.C.  Aug.  8.  1731. 

R.C.  Feb.  27, 1732. 

R.C.  Feb.  27, 1732. 
F.C.  Feb.  27, 1732. 

before  1732. 

Mch.  8, 1733. 

R.C.  Sept.  23, 1733. 
R.C.  April  7, 1734. 
F.C.  Apl.  14, 1734. 
R.C.  Apl.  28,1734. 
R.C.  Apl.  28, 1734- 
F.C.  Sept. 29, 1734. 
F.C.  Apl.  20, 1735. 
F.C.  Apl.  20, 1735. 
R.C.Jan.  25, 1736. 
F.C.  Feb.  18,  1736. 
F.C.  Feb.  18,1736. 
'R.C.  June  13, 1736. 
F.C.April  8, 1736. 
F.C.July  11,1736. 
F.C.  Oct.  17, 1736. 
F.C.  Oct.  17, 1736. 
Ord.  Sept.  27, 1749. 
R.C.  Nov.  5, 1749. 
R.C.  Nov.  5,  1749. 
L.  Sept.  21, 1750. 
R.C.  Sept.  23, 1750. 


Removed. 

d.  after  1715 
d.  1722,  (E.  44 

d.  after  1720 

d.  after  1755 

d.  1774,  ce.  85 

d.  after  1733 

d.  after  1731 

d.  Sept.  18, 1713, 

(E.   57. 

<f.  after  1731 
d.  1730,  ee.  43 
d.  \T2.T.  a.  36 

d.  1787,  ce.  91 

d,  1792,  IB.  98 

d.  1749, a.  71 


Remarks. 


v).  of  Richard,  Sr. 
■w.  of  Richard,  Jr. 


w.  of  Peter;  m.  1710. 
s.  of  Ebenezer. 

s.  of  Richard,  Jr. 

[Bradley. 
m.  Oct.  17,  1717,  Abigail 
m.  1713,  Peacable  Silliman. 


nt.  Nathan  Beardsley. 

>«. Sarah  Silliman;  s.oi  Isaac. 

m.  E.  Wilson,  1687;  m.  T. 

Preston,  1688. 
nt.  1716,  Esther  Beach. 

tu.  of  Gideon;  tn.  1711, 

JI750,  1774.         [Squire,  1721. 
s.   of    Samuel ;   m.   Abigail 
dati.  of  Richard. 
\s.  of  Isaac,  Sr. 
w.  of  John. 
Vw.  of  Jonathan. 


d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1734 

d.  after  1733 

d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1731 

d.  Feb.  26,  1735 


d.  1770 
d.  173s 


d.  after  1750?  ) 
may  be  1773    ( 

d.  1775 
d.  1791,  cB.  87 
d.  after  1734 

d.  after  1749 
d.  1746,  ce.  26 

d.  1746,  (E.  34 
d.  1796,  oe.  82 

d.  after  1736 


d.  1741,  IS.  26 
d.  1747,  (?.  31 

d.  1775 
d.  1778? 

d.  1778 

d.  1773,  ce.  62 

d.  17S6, m.  71 

D.  June  18,  1751 

d.  1832,  CE.  103 

d.  1799 

d.  1801,  CE.  77 


\zu.  of  Francis,  Sr. 


\iv.  of  Samuel. 

j>«.  Dec.  8, 1702,  Mary  Stiles. 

Iw.  of  Lieut.  Richard. 

w.  of  John. 

iw.  of  Daniel. 


J.  of  Samuel,  Sr. 
dau.  of  Isaac,  Sr.  ? 
s.  of  Thomas. 

s.  of  Francis,  Sr. 

•w.  of  Richard  ;  »«.  1731. 
■w.  of  Richard,  Jr. 
s.  of  James. 

J.  of  John. 

dau.  of  John.  [Richard. 

7u.  of  Zach.;  dau.  of  Sergt. 
J.  of  Gideon. 
w.  of  James;  m.  1733. 
■u).  of  Burgess,  bap.  1701,  s. 
[of  Isaac. 
TV.  of  Nathan. 
dau.  of  Capt.  Richard  ? 
w.  of  Elnathan  ;  ;«.  1732. 
dau.  of  Samuel. 
s.  of  Gideon. 

m.  1736,  Zachariah  Sanford. 
■w.  of  Joseph. 
s.  of  Thomas. 
■w.  of  Ezra;  >«.  1735. 
d.  1790. 

w.  of  Abel. 
■u).  of  Timothy. 


-1 68- 


Name. 


Hubbell,  Sarah  (Gregory) 

Hodgdon,  David 

Hodgdon,  Sarah  (Lacey) 

Hnbbell,  Jabez 

Hubbell,  Mary 

Holberton,  John , 

Hubbell,  Richard,  Jr.,  b.  1742  . 

Hubbell,  Ensign  Hezekiah 

Hawley,  Dea.  Elijah 

Hubbell,  Anne 

Hubbell,  Ellen 

Hubbell,  Anne - 

Hawley,  Ellen 

Hubbell,  Mary  (Middlebrook) 

Hull,  Irena 

Hawley,  Samuel,  Jr 

Hawley,  Lucy 


R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 


Admitted. 


Sept.  23, 1750 
Feb.   3,  175 
Feb.   3, 175 
Mch.17, 17s 
Mch.17, 175 


Hawley,  Capt.  Abijah 

Hawley,  Polly 1802 

Hawley,  Capt.  David 1781 

Hawley,  Aaron,  Jr 1798 

Hawley,  Griswold, 

Hawley,  Capt.  Wilson 1803 

Hawley,  Charity 

Hawley,  Gurdon 1804 

Hawley,  Anne 


Hawley,  Ruth  (Morehouse) 

Hawley,  Capt.  Ebenezer 

Hawley,  Zalmon 1791 

Hawley,  Anne 

Hubbell,  Salmon 1790 

Hubbell,  Sarah 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Ezekiel 1799 

Hubbell,  Catharine 

Hubbell,  Aaron 

Hubbell,  Sally 

Hubbell,  David 1802 

Hubbell,  Anne 

H ull,  Stephen 

Hull,  Abitrail 

Hubbell,  Miriam 


Jackson ,  Elizabeth 

Jackson ,  Mary 

Jackson,  Joseph . 

Jackson,  Hannah,  bap.  1701 

Jackson,  Henry,  ^«/.  1701 

Jackson,  Mary 

Jackson,  Robert 

Judson,  Joseph 

Judson,  Hannah 

Jackson,  Mary 

Jackson,  Sarah 

Joacocks,  Thomas 

Joacocks,  Abigail 1706 

Jackson, 


Jackson,  Corp.  John - 

Jackson,  David,  Sr 

Jackson,  Gabriel,  bap.  1709 

Jackson,  M oses 1708 

Jones,  Rebecca 

Jackson,  Samuel 

Jackson,  Penninah 

Jackson,  Moses,  Sr.,  bap.  1698. 


R.C. 
F.C 
R.C, 
F.C. 
R.C, 
F.C. 
R.C, 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C, 
R.C. 
R.C, 
R.C, 
R.C 
R.C, 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
RC 
R.C 
R.C 
F.C, 
R.C 


before  1763 
before  1773, 
before  1776 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 

1807. 
before  1806 
Feb.  4,  181. 
before  1806 
Feb.  4,  i8i( 
before  1806, 
before  1806, 
Jan.  18,  i8i< 
before  1806 
Jan.  18, 1811 
before  1806 
Feb.  24,  i8i< 
before  i8o6 
Feb.  24,  1810 
before  1806 
before  1806 
July  5,1811 
before  1806 
Aug.  2, 1811 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  1806 
before  i8o6 
before  1806 
before  1806 
,  before  1806 
,  before  1806 
Mch.  s,  1808. 
,  before  1806. 
May    3, 1807. 


resigned  1790 


fr.  Greenfield 


R.C, 
L. 
R.C, 
F.C, 
FC, 
F.C, 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
F.C 
F.C, 


F.C, 
R.C 
R.C 


Feb.  8,  1697 

Dec.  20, 1697,  fr.  Norwalk 

Oct.  20, 1700.  

Sept.   3, 1704.  

Apl.  25,  1708 

Apl.  25,  1708.  

July  20,  1707.  

April  3,  1709.  

April  3,1709 

Aug.2o,  1710.  

Oct.  17,  1714.  

Mch. 31,  1717.  

Mch. 31,  1717.  

before  1731.  

before  1731.  

before  1731.  

before  1732.  

before  1733.  

Nov.  17,  1734.  

Jan.  21,  1750.  

Jan.  21, 1750.  


Removed. 


d.  1801,  ce.  73 
d.  1795 

d.  iTyo 
d.  after  1770 
d.  June  21,  1750 
d.  1829,  IS.  87 
d.  1784,  iE.  56 
d.  1825,  CE.  81 


d.  1818,  ce.  86 
d.  1823, a.  84 
d.  1813,  tz.  92 

d.  1826,  cB.  66 


d.  1818,  IE.  50 

D.  Jan.  24,  1830 
d.  1807 


D.  Jan.  24,  1830 

D.  Jan.  24,  1830 

D.  Jan.  24,  1830 
d.  185s 
d.  1855 

d.  1829,  ce.  75 
d.  1822,  IS.  58 

d.  1810,  (E.  70 
d.  after  1821 
d.  1827,  iz.  69 

d.  1834 

d.  1850 
d.  1848,  ce.  87 
d.  1851,  (E.  84 
d.  after  1819 

d.  after  1814 


d.  after  1712 

d.  Dec.  17, 1717 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1718 


d.  Aug.  7,  1734 


d.  Jan.  3,  1734 
d.  after  1735 

d.  after  1736 
ti-  1734 

d.  after  1756 
d.  after  1699 


Remarks. 


1x1.  of  Daniel ;  tn.  1749. 

[;«.  1750. 
dau.  of  John  ;  iv.  of  David  ; 
J.  of  Stephen.  [i7So. 

w.  of  Jabez ;   m.  June  28, 


.J.  of  Dea.  Richard,  Jr. 

m.  1770,  Mary  Bennett,  d. 

w/d.  of .    [1841,^.90. 

•wi'd.  of . 

wid.  of . 

wid.  of  Wolcot. 
wid.  of  Benjamin. 
w.  of  William  B. 


■w.  of  Samuel. 


m.  of  Abijah. 


TV.  of  Aaron. 


7u.  of  Gurdon. 
■wid.  of  Ezra. 


TV.  of  Zalmon. 
w.  of  Salmon. 
w.  of  Ezekiel. 
w.  of  Aaron. 
w.  of  David. 


w.  of  Stephen. 
wz'd.  of . 


fft.  1709,  John  Sturdevant. 

dau.  of  Samuel ;  m.  1709. 
s.  of  Samuel. 
iv.  of  Henry;  ?«.  1704. 
;;/.  1706,  Sarah  Huttun. 


ui.  of  Daniel. 
w.  of  John. 


w.  of  Thomas. 
iu.  of  Moses,  Jr. 


s.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  John. 
w.  of  Samuel. 


— 169- 


Name. 


Knapp,  Nathaniel 
Knapp,  • 


Admitted. 


jR.C.  Feb.   8, 1697. 
before  1731. 


Knapp,  Capt.  Joseph before  18 

Kellogg,  Bela I before  1814. 

Lacey,  Abigail F.C.Jan,  i,  1710. 

Lacey,  Edward 1703  F.C.  Nov. 16,  1712. 

Lacey,  Elizabeth R.C.  Oct.  26, 1712. 

Lacey,  John 1702  R.C.  Nov.  2,  1712. 

Luflf,  John - R.C.  Aug.  8,  1731. 

Lawrence < before  1731. 

Lacey,  Mother  of  Edward 

Lacey, before  1731. 

Little,  Doct.  William 


Lockwood,  Lambert 1795- 

Lacey,  Capt.  Josiah 1774 

Lacey,  Mary before  1806. 

Lockwood,  Elizabeth i before  1806. 

Lacey,  Anne 1 before  1806. 

Lewis,  Ichabod R.C.  before  1806. 

Lewis, before  1806. 

Lacey,  Capt.  Daniel I before  1806. 

Lovejoy,  Capt.  Phinehas I before  1807. 


Mallett,  John,  Sr 

Morehouse,  Jonathan 

Morehouse,  Noah 

Morehouse,  Martha 

Morehouse,  Samuel,  Jr 1697 

Morehouse,  Hannah,  6a^.  1702 

Morehouse,  Daniel 

Morehouse,  Rebecca  (Hall) 

Miles,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 

Mann,  John 

Mead,  Zachariah 

Mead, 


Middlebrook,  John 

Middlebrook 

Mallet,  David,  iap.  1705 

MacHard  Matthew 

MacHard,  Sarah  (Fayerweather)... 

Morehouse,  Katharine 

Mallett,  John,  Jr 

Morehouse,  Keziah,  6(ip.  1710 

Morehouse,  Sarah,  ia^.  1717 .. 

Morehouse.  Jemima 

Morriss,  Daniel 

Mallet,  Lewis 

|Mallett,  Anne 1795 

IMorehouse,  Abijah 

iMorehouse,  Rachel 


[Meeker,  Anne  .. 

[Meeker,  David  . 
iMeeker,  Esther. 


R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 


R.C 
R.C 
R.C 
R.C 


R.C 
R.C, 
R.C 
F.C, 


Morgan,  Drew. 
Morgan,  • 


R.C 
R.C, 
F.C. 
R.C, 
F.C, 
R.C 
F.C, 
R.C 
R.C. 
R.C, 


Apr.  2g,  1705. 
Mch.14,  1708. 
May  7,  1710. 
May  7,  1710. 
Oct.  26, 1712, 
Nov. 23, 1716. 
Dec.  14, 1712. 
July  13,1718. 

before  1732. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 

before  1731. 
.  Mch.  5, 1732. 
.  Dec.  2,  1733. 
.  Dec.  2, 1733. 
.  Dec.  30, 1733. 

before  1733. 
.  Dec.  18, 1734. 
,  April  4, 1736. 
.  April  4,  1736. 
,  Feb.  25, 1749. 
1800. 

before  1806. 
,  before  1806. 

before  1806.    ( 

May  1, 1808.  I 
,  before  1806.    { 

Sept.  5, 1813.  j 

before  1806.  j 
Jan.  1, 1815.  f 
.  before  1806. 

before  i8o5. 
,  before  1806. 


Jichols,  Rebecca 'F.C.Jan.  31,1714. 

Jichols,  Sarah R.C.  Feb.   7.  1714. 

lichols,  John | 1798. 


lOdell,  Sergt.  John,  Jr 

lOdell,  Mary 

Odell,  Sarah 

Odell,  Capt.  Samuel,  Sr 

i  Odell,  Hannah 

JOdell,  John,  Sr 

Odell,  Mary  Jr.  (sic) 

lOdell,  Anne JF.C.  Nov.  2,'  1712. 

[Odell,  Deborah |r.C.  Dec.    7,  1712 


.  June   13,  1695,  fr.  Fairfield 

L.  July  10,  1695,  fr.  Fairfield 

L.  July  10,  1695,  fr.  Fairfield 

R.C.  Feb.    8,  1697,  fr.  Fairfield 

R.C.  Feb.    8,  1697,  

F.C;.  Feb.  20,  1698,  

F.C.  May  29,  1 


Removed. 

d.  after  1710 
rf.  1814,  «.  83 

d,  after  1732 
d.  after  1723 


(/.  after  1731 

d.  after  1750 

a.  1781 


d.  1825,  a;.  68 
d.  1812,  ie.  66 
d.  1810,  eg.  91 
D.  Nov.  s,  1826. 
d.  1812,  iE.  45 


d.  1828, «.  8s 


d.  1764,  is.  101 

d.  after  1731 

d.  Feb.  13, 1750 

d.  Nov.  25,  1732 


Remarks. 


m.  May  28,  1712. 
■w.  of  Daniel. 


w.  of  Edward,  Jr. 


w.  of  Zachariah. 


m.  of  Edward. 
m.  Ruth  (Winton),  wid.  of 
Joseph  Brinsmade ;  she  d. 

1784,  «.  S3. 


wid.  of  John. 
w.  of  Lambert, 
■zf.  of  Josiah. 


w.  of  Ichabod. 


D.  1716  or '26 
d.  after  1751 
d.  after  1753 
d.  after  1734 


d.  after  1735 
d.  1736,  ie.  28 


d.  after  1735 


d.  after  1772 

d.  1825,  is.  69 

D.  Jan.  24,  183 

d.  1819,  is.  40 

d.  1817,  ^.  34 

d.  1861,  ee.  96 

d.  1828,  iS.  73 
d.  1812,  (Z.  48 


d.  after  1816 

d.  1743,  <?.  77 
d.  after  1731 
d.  1743,  <s.  72 
d.  after  1714 

d.  after  1709 
d.  after  1731 


m.  1708. 

w.  of  Nathan. 

[Henry  Lacey. 
dau.  of  Samuel ;    ;«.    1716, 

w.  of  Jonathan. 
To  New  Haven. 
m.  1716,  Rebecca  Nichols. 

TV.  of  Zachariah. 


■zv.  of  John. 
s.  of  John,  Sr. 


IV.  of  Matthew  ;  w.  1732. 


dait.  of  Noah. 

dau.  of  Noah. 

dau.  of  Noah.  [John. 

;«.  Sarah  Summers,  dau.  of 

w.  of  Lewis. 


w.  of  Abijah. 
wz'd.  of 


w.  of  David. 

w.  of  Drew. 

wid.  of  Benjamin;  m.  1716, 
[John  Mason. 
Baptist. 


■w.  of  John,  Sr. 
w.  of  John,  Jr. 


dau.  of  John,  Sr. 
Freeman  of  Fairfield,  1669. 
w.  of  John,  Jr.  ? 
m.  Beriah  Bacon,  1713. 
m.  John  Downs,  1713. 


— 170 — 


Name. 


Odell,  Lt.  Hezekiah,  bap.  1700 . 

Odell,  Deborah 

Odell,  Samuel,  bap.  1705 


F.C.  Apl.  18,  1725. 
F.C.  Apl.  18,  1725. 
R.C.  Jan.   II,  1736. 

Odell,  William,  b.  1697 F.C.  Apl.     8,  1736. 

Odell,  Gershom R.C.  Nov.  28,  1736. 

Odell,  Anne R.C.  Nov.  28, 1736. 

Odell,  Azariah IR.C.  Apl.    10,  1750-1. 

Odell,  Mary  (Brinsmade) iR.C.  Apl.   10,  1750-1. 

Odell,  Beulah F.C.July     i.  1750. 


Admitted. 


Preston,  Edward F.C. 

Porter,  Nathaniel JR.C. 

Parrott,  John IR.C. 

Parrott,  Hannah IR.C. 

Packer,  John |R.C, 


Patchin,  Margaret 

Phippeny,  Benjamin... 
Porter,  John,  bap.  1700. 

Penny,  Samuel 

Penny,  Jemima 

Parish,  Huldah 

Parrot,  Abraham,  Jr... 


R.C. 


R.C. 
F.C. 

Parrot,  Lucy  (Wells) I^'^- 

Parrot,  Abraham,  Sr r!c' 

Parrot, Esther? R.C 


Rowell,  Valentine 

Rowell,  Mary 

Rowland,  Dea.  and  Sergt.  Henry, 
bap.  1712. 

Rossel,  Mercy 

Rossel,  Sarah , 

Risden,  Nathaniel 

Risden, 

Rowland,  Mary 

Rowland,  Edward 

Rowland,  

Ross,  Rev.  Robert 

Risley,  William 

Risley,  Lavinia 


Sherman,  Matthew 

Sherman,  Dea.  and  Capt.  David 


Sherwood,  Mary 

Sherwood,  Elizabeth  . 


Mch.  27,  i6g6. 
Feb.    8,  1697. 
Dec.    8,  1706. 
Dec.    8,  1706. 
Aug.   8,  1731. 
Oct.  24,  1731. 
before  1733. 
before  1733. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  i8o6.     I 
May  21,  1815.  ) 
before  1806.      I 
May  21,  1815.  f 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 


R.C.July  20,  1707.  

R.C.  July  20,  1707.  

about  1723.  

R.C.  Aug.    8,  1731.  

R.C.  Aug.    8,  1731.  

F.C.  Apl.    8,  1736.  ..;. 

F.C.  Apl.     8,  1736.  

L.  Feb.  25,  1750.  .... 

R.C.  Dec.  10,  1749.  

R.C.  Dec.  10,  1749.  

L.  Nov.  28,  i753,resigned  1796 

R.C.  before  1807.  

R.C.  before  1807.  I 
F.C.Jan,  s,  1817.  i 


d.  Aug.  29,  1799 
d.  after  1810 

d.   Jan.  1857 

June  13,  169s,  fr.  Stratford     d.  after  1713 
.  June  13,  1695,  fr.  Stratford     d.  Jan.  i,  1753 


Sherman,  Mercy L. 

Seeley,  Joseph F.C. 

Seeley,  Sarah JF.C. 

Sherman,   Hannah iF.C. 

Sherwood,  Matthew,  Jr R.C. 

Summers,  Serg't  Samuel !r.C. 


Summers,  Abigail. 
Smedley,  Samuel,  m.  1700 


R.C. 
R.C, 


Seeley,  Rebecca R.C. 

Sherwood,  Joanna jF.C. 

Sherwood,  Capt.  Matthew !      L. 

Summers,  Henry R.C. 

Seeley,  Lieut.  James iF.C. 

Seeley,  Sarah  (Gregory) IF.C. 

Smith,  William,  Sr ]  .. .. 

Smedley,  Abigail  (Dimon) iF.C. 

Sherwood,  Capt.  Samuel R.C. 

Sherwood  Rebecca  (Burr) , 

Summers,  Sarah  (Beardsley) 

Sherman,  Wilmot 


July  10,  1695, 
July  10,  169s, 


July  10,  1695, 

Dec.  8,  1695. 

Dec.  8,  1695. 

Jan.  5,  1696. 

Feb.  8,  1697. 

Feb.  8,  1697. 

Feb.  8,  1697. 

Feb.  8,  1697. 

Feb.  8,  1697. 
Sept.  21,  1696. 

1697, 
Aug.  29,  1703. 
Apl.  2,  1704. 
Apl.  2,  1704. 

1704. 
Apl.  22,  1705. 

Nov.  4,  1705. 


R.C.  Nov.  4,  1705. 


Removed. 


d.  after  1752 
d.  1756,  a.  55 
d.  1755,  a;.  69 

d.  1772,  CE.  75 
d.  after  1756 

d.  after  1759 
d.  after  1754 
d.  1756,  cE.  27 


d.  after  1719 
d.  after  1716 


d.  after  1736 


d.  1825,  cB.  42 
or  48? 

d.  1856,  a,  80 

d.  1817,  ee.  64 
d.  Sept.  1852  ? 


d.  after  1709 

w.  of  Valentine, 
rf.  June  14,  177s  J.  of  Henry;  OT.Tamar  Sher- 
man, 1718,  dati.  of  David. 


Remarks. 


J.  of  John  ;  m.  Deborah. 
nv.  of  Hezekiah. 
m.  1732,  Judith  Ann  Wheel- 
er, fn.  Johannah  Peck. 
s.  of  John  ;  m.  1718,  Abigail 
s.  of  Hezekiah.  [Smith. 


w.  of  Azariah;  ni.  1749. 
dau.  Hezekiah  and  Deborah 


TO.  of  John. 

■w.  of  Samuel. 

m.  Hannah  ;  s.  of  Nathaniel 

w.  of  Samuel. 
iv.  of  Joel. 

•w.  of  Abraham,  Jr. 
•w.  of  Abraham,  Sr. 


fr.  Fairfield     d.  1730,  cb.  87 
fr.  Fairfield 


fr.  Stratford 


fr.  Fairfield 


F.C. 
R.C. 


May 
Apl. 


....] 


4,  1707. 
3i  1709- 


d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1735 


d.  after  1706 
d.  after  1723 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1734 


d.  1715,  CE.  72 

d.  after  1731 

d.  af.  1 761,  CE.  93 

d.  about  1718 
d.  Nov.  ID,  1732 

CE.  52. 

d.  May  16,  1721 

IT.  40. 

d.  after  1731 


■w.  of  Nathaniel. 
IV.  of  Henry. 


lu.  of  Edward. 
a:.  75. 


w.  of  William. 


Ttt.   I7IO. 

J.  of  Samuel,  Jr.;  m.  Mary 

Judson. 
iu.  of  Capt.  Matthew. 
m.  1710,  Rev.  Chas.  Chaun- 

cey,  and  1716,  Lt.  Richard 

Miles. 
w.  of  David,  Sr. 


w.  of  Joseph. 


before  1732. 

•w.  of  Samuel. 

m.  1721,  Martha  Treadwell, 

bap.  1702,  d,  1734? 
•w.  of  John. 

Freeman  of  Fairfield,  1669. 
jn.   Sarah,   dau.   of  John 

[Beardsley. 
IV.  of  James  ;  nt.  1702. 

tn.  1700. 

tn.  1704,  Rebecca  Burr. 

■w.  of  Samuel ;  in.  170^. 

dau.  of  John  Beardsley  ;  w. 
[of  Henry  Summers. 


i 


■171— 


Name. 


Sherwood,  Dr.  ?  Thomas 

Summers,  John 

Sherman,  Capt.  David,  Jr 

Sherwood,  Dea.  Lemuel,  

Sherwood,  Experience  (Wheeler).. 

Sherwood,  

Seeley,  Ebenezer 

Sherman,  Sarah 

Sherman.  Jerusha 

Summers,  Abigail,  bap.  1705  or  1700 

Sherman,  Tamar 

Silliman,  Peacable 

Sherman,  Abiah 

Sherman,  Sarah 

Seeley,  Jerusha 

Squire,  Abigail ..' 

Sherman,  Jabez 

Sherman, 

Summers,  Samuel,  Jr.,  hap.  1700... 
Summers, 


R.C. 
R.C. 


R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 


Sherman,  Dinah  (Rice) 

Sherwood,  Mary 

Summers,  Mary? 

Silliman,  Ann 

Silliman ,  N athaniel 1724 

Silliman,  Hannah 

Sterling,  Jacob 

Silliman,  Hannah  (Odell) 

Sherwood,  Capt.  John,  bap.  1705... 

Sherman,  Enos before  1731. 

Sherman,  Prudence,  bap.  1706 R.C.  Aug.    8,  1731. 


Admitted. 


Nov.  6,  1709. 
May  II,  1712. 

1712. 
July  6,  1712. 
July  6,  1712. 
Aug.  31,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Oct.  26,  1712. 
Feb.  7,  1714. 
Nov.  21,  1714. 
Mch.  10,  1717. 
June  3,  1716. 
Jan.  14,  1729. 
Jan.  14,  1729. 
Jan.  14,  1729. 
Jan.  14,  1729. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 

before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
1731 


Sherwood,  Sarah,  bap.  1709 R.C. 

Summers,  David,  bap.  1702 R.C. 

Summers,  Martha R.C 

Seeley,  Hannah 

Sandford,  Widow 

Seeley,  Elizabeth 

Summers,  Nathan,  3a/.  1703 R.C. 

Sherwood,  Dea.  Nathaniel,  bap.i7oj  R.C 


^       Sherwood,  Mary 

Sandford,  Thomas,  Jr.  ? 

Sandford,  Hannah? 

Sanford,  Ezekiel 1706 

Stanley,  James 

Stanley, 

Sherman,  Martha 

Sherwood,  Mercy  (Sherman) 

Summers,  Abiah 

Speer,  Abigail 

Sherman,  Elnathan,  bap.  1709? 

Sherman,  Eunice  (Gregory) 

■L       Sherwood,  Elizabeth 

^V^     Sanford,  Zachariah,  

^p      Silliman,  Daniel, 

Seeley,  Lt.  Nathan 

Seeley,  Joanna 

Seeley,  Dea.  Abel 

Smith,   Joseph 

Seeley,  Dea.  Seth,  bap.  1733 

Sherman,  Dea.  Seth 

t Sherman,  Dea.  Silas 
Sturges,  Lewis 
Smith,  Justin 
Strong,  Prof.  Nehemiah 
Summers,  Capt.  Stephen,  Sr., 
Sherman,  Mary 
Sherwood,  Eunice 
Sterling,  Eunice  (Summers) 
Seeley,  Mercy 
Sherman,  Charity 
; 


R.C. 


R.C 
F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 

R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 


R.C. 
F.C. 


Aug.  8,  1731. 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
Nov.  7,  1731. 

1732. 
Apl.  16,  1732. 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
May  28,  1732. 

Mch.  II,  1733. 
Sept.  3,  1732. 
Sept.  3,  1732. 
June  2,  1734. 
Apl.  8,  1736. 
Apl.  8,  1736. 
May  16,  1736. 
Aug.  8,  1736. 

May  16,  1736. 
Apl.  29,  1750. 
Feb.  3,  1751. 
Feb.  3,  1751. 
Sept.  2,  1750. 
before  1762  ? 
before  1762. 
before  1762. 

before  1776. 
before  1769. 
before  1782. 

before  1790. 

1797 

1800 
before  1805. 
before  1806.  ) 
Dec.  1806.   ) 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806, 


;«.  1710,  Mary . 

[peny;  w.  A.  Silliman. 
?«.  E.  Wheeler;  m.  J.  Phip- 
d.  Aug.  27,  1721  -w.  of  Deac.  Lemuel. 
■w.  of  Thomas. 
1717  J.  of  Nathaniel. 

w.  of  Benaiah  Strong. 


Removed. 


d.  after  1727 

d.  after  1731 

d.  1752,  <K.  65 

d.  Sept.  2,  1732 


Remarks. 


d.  1735,  ee.  42 

d.  1717,  es.  19 

d.  after  1731  ? 
d.  1777,  (s.  84 


d.  1732,  (e.  37 
d.  1743,  (e.  61 

d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1735 

d.  1765,  «■.  88 
d.  1756,  en.  77 
d.  1779,  (s.  74 

d.  after  1736 


d.  after  1732 
d.  1751?  a:.  54 

d.  after  1734 
d.  1781,  ie.  79 
d.  1772,  {s.  70 
d,  1784,  a.  78 

d.  1767,  ee.  58  ? 

d.  1757,  a.  63  ? 

<^.  1753,  «•  73 

d.   1774 


d.  1778,  <e.  75 

d.  1807,  tz.  85  ? 

d.  iTj^ 
d.   1793 

d.   1787 
d.  1773,  ce.  52 

d.  1777 
d.  1797,  ie.  62 
d.   1810,  (B.  84 

d.   1817,  <F.  79  ? 
d.  1807,  is.  53 

d.   1805 
d.  after  1806 
d.  after  1806 
d.  1807,  le.  80 

d.  1811,  <s.  68 

d.  i8i6,  IS.  73 

d.   1808,  a:.  88 

d.  1819,  (B.  98 

d.   1841 


dau.  of  Serg't  Samuel. 

in.  Henry  Rowland  1718. 

m.  Jonathan  Hubbell,  1713. 

dau.oi  Dea.  David  &  Mercy 

7v.  of  John. 

w.  of  Ebenezer. 

}n.  Stephen  Hubbell. 

.J.  of  Matthew. 

w.  of  Jabez. 

J.  of  Serg't  Samuel. 

■IV.  of  Samuel,  Jr. 

iu.  of  Capt.  David,  Jr. 

2d  TV.  of  Capt.  Samuel. 

«'.  of  John.  [1728. 

m.  Dea.  L.  Sherwood,  3d  w., 

w.  of  Nathaniel. 

[Seeley. 
w.  of  Jacob;  wid.  of  Nath'l 
m.  M.  Walker,  1733;  s.  of 
Samuel. 

da!t.  of  Capt.  David;  m.  R. 

Denison,  1733. 
Va«.  of  Samuel;  »2.D.  Fitch, 
\s.  of  Samuel.  [i732. 

w.  of  Nathan. 
\tu.  of  Joseph. 
I  From  Fairfield. 

w.  of  Nathaniel. 

J.  of  Samuel. 

J.  of  Samuel;  m.  MercvSher- 
man,  dati.  of  Dea.  David. 

w.  of  Capt.  John  ? 

It),  of  Thomas,  Jr. 

m.  1733,  Sarah  Treadwell. 

■w.  of  James. 
TO.  of  Peter. 
■w.  of  Nathaniel  of  Stratford, 

dau.  of  Dea.  David. 
iu.  of  Jabez. 
w.  of  Ebenezer. 
J.  of  David  Sherman,  Jr. 
w.  of  Elnathan  ;   »t.  1750. 
w .  of  Matthew. 
Householder  1732  ;   m.  1736, 
m.  Sarah.  [Ann  Hall. 


■w.  of  Dea.  Seth. 

ni.  Mercy,  who  d.  1819,  iz.  98. 

s.  of  Joseph. 

Dea.  1799  ;  ^.  of  Elnathan. 
s.  of  Elnathan. 
?«.  Mary,  rf^^^.  of  Joseph  and 
[Anna  (Knowles)  Porter. 
Prof.     Mathematics,     Yale 
„,.Mary .         ^^oUege. 

TO.  of  Dea.  Silas.  [Sherman. 
d.  of  Nathaniel  and  Mercy 
dau.  of  John  ;  wid.  of 
w//(/.of Dea. Abel.  [Stephen. 
w.  of  Ebenezer. 


— 172- 


Name. 


Admitted. 


Sherman,  Rebecca  (French) I before  1806. 

Summers,  Betsey - ' before  1806. 

Sturges,  Mary ; before  1806. 

Smith, J before  1806. 

Seelye,  Miss  Anna before  1806. 

Strong,  Joseph R.C.  before  1806. 

R.C.  before  1806. 

|F.C.  Mch.    s,i8o; 

cu     „        4  uu  :  R.C.  before  1806. 

Sherman,  Abbe F.C.  Mch.    5,180 

Summers,  Aaron 1 

Summers,  Stephen,  Jr iR.C.  before  1806. 

Sterling,  David R.C.  before  1806. 

Sterling,   Deborah R.C.  before  1806. 

F.C.  Nov.    6,  180 


Sherman,  Silas. 


:J 


Sterling,  Sarah.. 
Sterling,  Philip  . 


Sterling,  Ruth 

Smith,  Betsey 

Sherwood,  Zachariah  . 

Sherwood,  Anne 

Summers,  Mary 

Summers,  Mary 

Sterling,  Sherwood  ... 

Seeley,  Ruth 

Seeley,  Rhoda 


Treadwell,  Ruth L.  July  10,  1695,  fr.  Fairfield 


Treadwell,  Edward. 

Treadwell,  

Treadwell,  John 

Treadwell,  Samuel,  Sr. 
Treadwell,  Samuel,  Jr. 

Treadwell,  Martha 

Treadwell,  Ephraim ... 

Treadwell,  Abigail 

Treadwell,  Timothy 


R.C.  before  1806. 
R.C.  before  1806.  I 
F.C.  Mch.  7,  1819.  i 
R.C.  before  if  ' 
F.C.  May  4,  181 
R.C.  before  1806. 
R.C.  before  1806. 
R.C.  before  1806. 
Jan.     7,  1807. 


317.  f 


Trumbull 
1822. 


Oct.  7,  1821. 


R.C.  Dec.  23, 1695 
R.C.  Dec.  23, 169s 
R.C.  Feb.  8,  1697 
F.C.  Feb.  20, 1698 
R.C.  Apr.  23,  1698 
R.C.  Apr.  23, 1698 
R.C.  Mch. 19, 1704 

L.  Nov. 24,  i704,fr.Woodbury 
R.C.  Feb.  17, 170S 


R.C. 


Wheeler,  Dea.  Isaac,  Sr.. 

Wheeler,  Anne 

Wheeler,  Mercy 


R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C 
F.C 
R.C. 
R.C. 


R.C. 
R.C 


Treadwell,  Sarah 

Treadwell,  Deborah 

Trowbridge,  J  oseph 

Trowbridge,  Anne 

Trowbridge,  Samuel,  Sr 1699 

Trowbridge,  Sarah  (Lacey) 

Treadwell,  Lt.  Hezekiah,  dap.  1707 

Treadwell,  Mehitable 

Treadwell,  Zachariah  1700'R.C 

Treadwell,  John,  ia/.  1705 R.C 

Trowbridge,  John,  /'a/>.  1705 

Treadwell,  Elizabeth,  ^(7/.  1702 

Treadwell,  Samuel,  dap.  1704 

Trowbridge,  Samuel,  Jr.,  6a/>.  1700 

Trowbridge,  Sarah  (Seeley) 

Treadwell,  Jacob.  ia/>.  1706 

Treadwell, -._ ." 

Turney,  Robert 

Trowbiidge,  Anne,  6i>p.  1713 

Trowbridge,  Sarah,  6ap.  1716 

Treadwell,  Benjamin,  Sap.  1700... 

Turney,  Jonah 

Turney,  John 

Turney,  Hannah  (Porter)... 

Treadwell,  Hezekiah 

Treadwell,  Robert 

Treadwell,  Mary 


R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
RC. 
R.C. 


R.C 
R.C 


Feb.  17, 1705, 

1705. 
June  s,  1709, 
June  5, 1709. 
July  23.  1710, 
Feb.  14,  1714. 
Feb.  27, 1732, 
Feb.  27, 1732, 
Aug.  8,  1731, 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
Aug.  8, 1731, 
Aug.  8,  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
F'eb.  27, 1732 
Feb.  27, 1732 
July  9,  1732 
July  9,1732 
Mch. II,  1733 
Jan.  22, 1734 

1733- 

I735- 
Mch. 16, 1735. 
Mch. 16,  1735. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 


June  13, 1695.  

L.  July  10,  1695,  fr.  Fairfield 
L.July  10, 169s,  fr.  Fairfield 


Removed. 


d.  1825,  cs.  70 
d.  1825,  tz.  47 

d.  after  1830 
d.  1815, ^.  52 
d.  1816,  (s.  75 

d.  1825,  is,  66 


d.  1806,  is.  81 

d.  1810 
d.  1843,  i^'  72 
d.   1849,  ce,  74 


Remarks. 


■zo.of  Capt.David(lostatsea.) 
w.  of  Capt.  Stephen,  Jr. 
•w.  of  Lewis. 
■w.  of  Justin. 

d.  of  Dea.  Seth  and  Joanna. 

s.  of  Joseph    and    Charity 

Wells, >«. Comfort  Nichols. 


■w.  of  Silas. 

[(Sherwood. 
s.  of  Abijah  and  Eunice 
dau.   Joseph   and   Comfort 

(Nichols)   Strong ;    w.   of 

David. 
•wid.  of . 


■w.  of  Philip. 
•w.  of  Brace. 


d.  1811,  CE.  6s     "w.  of  Zachariah. 
d.  1824,  CE.  80    iu.  of  Stephen. 
d.  1811,  CE.  65    [-wid.  of  Samuel. 


D.  Jan.  24,  1830. 
d.  1815,  CE.  29 
d.  1819,  CE.  80 


d.  after  1734 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1712 
d.  after  1705 
d.  after  1713 

d.  after  1708 

d.  1720,  ce.  37 


d.  after  1749 

d.  1716 

d.  after  1734 

d.  after  1732 

d.  after  1731 

d.  i-Tjt 

d.  1786 


d.  1787 
d.  after  1736 

d.  after  1736 

d.  after  1735 

d.  after  1735 

d.  after  1736 

d.  1806 

d.  before  1732  ? 


of  David  and  Deborah. 
iu.  of  Joseph. 
■wid.  of  Seth. 


both  F.C.  May  10,  1713. 
IU.  of  Edward. 
d.  before  1716. 


IU.  of  Samuel. 


in.  March  24,  1714,  Deborah 
Burr,  dau.  of  John  and 
Sarah  Fitch. 

tn.  1733,  Ezekiel  Santord. 

wid.  of  Timothy. 

w.  of  Joseph. 

w.  of  Samuel,  in.  1697. 

s.  of  John. 

w.  of  Hezekiah. 

J.  of  John. 

s.  of  Samuel. 

dau.  of  Edward. 

J.  of  Ephraim. 

in.  1722. 

•w.  of  Samuel,  Jr.,  m.  1722. 

s.  of  Ephraim. 

w.  of  Jacob. 

■w.  of  Robert,  dau.  Joseph. 
>«•  i735i  Jacob  Wakeley. 
dau.  of  Samuel,  Sr. 
j-.  of  Edward. 


IV.  of  John,  in.  1734. 


wid.  of 


—  173— 


Name. 


Wells,  Abigail 

Wakeiey,  Abigail. 


Wheeler,  Sarah,. 

Wheeler,  Rebecca 

Wells,  Sergt.  Samuel,  Sr 

Wheeler,  Sergt.  Samuel 

Wakeiey,  Jonathan,  Sr 

Walker,  Joanna 

Wheeler,  Ruth 

Wakeiey.  Ruth 

Wheeler,  Joseph 

Wheeler, _ 

Wheeler,  Rebecca 

Whitacus,  Sarah-. 

Wakeiey,  Rachel,  3rT/.  1707.. 

Wakeiey,  Henry 

Wheeler.  Dr.  John 

Wakeiey,  Sarah  (Frost) 

Wakeiey,  Joseph '. 

Wakeiey,  Israel 

Wheeler,  Timothy,  Sr 

Wheeler,  Isaac 

Wakeiey,  Anne 

Wells,  Samuel,  Jr 

Wells,  Sarah 

Wakeiey,  Nathaniel 

Wakeiey,  Rebecca 

Wheeler,  Ebenezer 

Wheeler,  Abiah  _ 

Wells,  Elizabeth 

Wakeman,  Anne 

Whitney,  Richard 

Wheeler,  Hannah 

Wells,  Abigail 

Wakeiey,  Mary 

Werden,  Dr.  Nathaniel 

Werden, 

Wakeiey, 


Admitted. 


L.  July  10, 1695, 
L.  July  lo,  1695, 


fr.  Fairfield 
fr.  Stratford 


R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
RC. 

L. 

L. 
F.C. 

L. 


R.C, 
R.C, 
R.C, 
R.C, 
R.C. 
R.C 
R.C, 
R.C. 
R.C. 
,R.C, 

Ir.c. 

F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 


Worden.  Jemima 

Wheeler,  Andrew,  baj>.  1699 

Wheeler, 

Wheeler,  Samuel,  bap.  1701 

Wheeler, 

Wakeiey,  Rebecca 

Wheeler,  Timothy,  Jr.;  b.  1691 

Wheeler,  Anne  (Wakeiey) 

Wheeler,  Benjamin 

Wheeler,  Mary 

Wheeler,  David,  bap.  1713 

Wheeler,  Lois  (Chauncey) 

Wells.  David,  bap.  1718 

Wells,  Ruth  (Kurrows) 

Wheeler,  Timothy,  bap.  1750 

Worden,  Capt.  William,  Sr.  ...1768 

AV'orden,  William,  Jr 1788 

Wheeler,  Grisvvold  (Grissell) 

Worden,  Nancy 

Waterman,  Rev.  Elijah 

Waterman.  Lucy  (Abbe) 

Worden,  Dorcas  (Cooke),  b.  1763  .. 
Wade,  Nathaniel 1793 

Wade,  Ruth -j 

Worden,  Samuel 1796-! 


Feb. 
Feb. 


F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 
F.C. 


R.C. 


F.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 
R.C. 


R.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 
R.C. 
F.C. 


Jan.  31, 1696 
Oct.  25, 1696 
Feb.  8, 1697 
Feb.  8,  1697 
Feb.  8, 1697 
Feb.  8, 1697 
Feb.  8, 1697 
Feb.  8, 1697 

169s. 

1695, 
Aug.  28, 1698 
June  17, 1705 

Feb.  29, 1708. 
Mch.  5,  1710. 
Oct.  28, 1710. 
Mch. II,  1711. 
July  22, 1711. 
Oct.  26, 1712. 
Oct.  26, 1712. 
Oct.  26, 1712. 
Dec.  21,  1712. 
Dec.  21,  1712. 
Oct.  26, 1712. 
Mch.  9, 1712. 
Feb.  7,  1714. 
Feb.  7, 1714. 
7. 1714. 
7. 1714- 

1716. 
Feb.  16, 1718. 
June22,  1718. 
Sept.  7, 1718. 
Dec.  21,  1718. 
Dec.  21,  1718. 
before  1731. 
Aug.  8,1731. 
before  1731. 
before  1731. 
Apr.  j6.  1732. 
Apr.  16,  1732. 
Mch. 10, 1734. 
Feb.  18, 1736. 
Feb.  18,  1736. 
Mch. 25,  1750. 
Mch. 25,  1750. 
July  29, 1750. 
July  29,  1750. 
Mch. 30, 1751. 
Mch. 30,  1751. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
Jan.  I,  1S06. 

1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
before  1806. 
Apr.  8.  1810. 
before  igo6. 

1807. 


fr.  Concord 
fr.  Concord 


fr.  Concord 


1856 


Removed. 


d.  about  1719 
d.  before  1731 
d.  after  1703 
d.  after  1732 


Remarks. 


»t.  Thomas  Turney,  1709  ? 
dau.  of  Henry,  m.  Samuel 

Gregory,  Jr. 
TO.  of  Ephraim. 

[3d  TO. 

m.  Oct.  25,  171 1,  Abigail  — , 


m.  before  1697. 
IV.  of  Joseph. 
wid.  of  Isaac. 

w.  of  Henry. 

nt.  1710,  Sarah  Frost. 


d.  1743,  (F.  60 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1731  w.  of  Henry,  m.  1709. 
d.  after  1732 
d.  after  1731 
d.  1730,  (z.  70 
d.  Nov.  17,  1733 


d.  Apr.  16,  1751 
d.  after  1721 


[Turney. 
»«,  Apr.  II,  i68g,  Rebecca 


d.  after  1733 


d.  after  1732 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1731 
d.  after  1731 


d.  1752,  a.  63 
d.  1764,  ts.  72 
d.  1798,  as.  74 
d.  1798,  CE.  71 
d.  after  1753 

d.  1793 
d,  1766,  CE.  35 
d.  1815,  <s.  65 
d.  1808,  es.  73 
d.  1813,  eg.  54 
d.   1816,  <E.  62 

d.   1846 
d.  1825,  ce.  56 
d.   1822,  cs.  44 

d.   1854 
d.  after  1834 

d.  1856 
d.  after  1835 


TO.  of  Timothy  Wheeler,  Jr. 

TO.  of  Samuel. 

[to.  of  Nathaniel. 
J.  of  Isaac. 
daze,  of  Ephraim. 
dau.  of  Samuel,  Sr.,  m.  1718, 
John  Chuckstone.      [ley. 
tn.  1750,  Experience  Beards- 
TO.  of  Dr.  John. 
Third  to.  of  Samuel,  Sr. 
TO.  of  Jonathan,  Sr. 

\iv.  of  Dr.  Nathaniel. 
[TO.  of  Israel. 

TO.  of  Thomas. 

X.  of  Ephraim. 

TO.  of  Andrew. 
\s.  of  Samuei. 

w.  of  Samuel. 

TO.  of  Jonathan,  Jr. 

;«.  1712, 

TO.  of  Timothy,  Jr.,  tn.  1713. 

TO.  of  Benjamin. 
|j.  of  Dr.  John. 
TO.  of  David. 
\s.  of  Samuel.  Jr. 
\m.  1750,  TO.  of  David. 
J.  of  Benjamin. 


TO.  of  Timothy. 

TO.  of  Samuel.  [;«.  1823. 

2d  ?o.,   Mrs.   Lucy  Talcott, 

TO.  of  Rev.  Elijah. 

TO.  of  William,  Jr. 

TO.  of  Nathaniel. 


—174— 


CHURCH    MEMBERS    IN    1731 

As  recorded  by  Rev.  Samuel  Cooke  in  book  No.  i,  page  j8. 

The  present  members  of  this  Church  in  full  Communion  this  28*^  daj^ 
of  July,  1731 :  at  diverse  times  admitted  are  Nathan  Beardsles^  wife,  John 
Hubbel  &  his  wife,  the  Widdow  Odel',  Alexander  Fairchilds  wife,  Henry 
Summers  his  wife,  *Mrs.  Smedly,  Dr.  Wheeler  &  his  ^wife,  Justice  Bennitt 
&  his  wife,  *Deacon  Sherwood  &  his  wife,  Serj'  Burr^  &  his  ^wife,  Henry 
Rowland®  &  his  wife.  Widow  Wells,  *Cap*  Sherwood  &  his  wife,  Nathaniel 
Wakelj^  his  wife,  Andrew  Wheeler  &>  his  wife,  M""'  Hodgdon',  Widow  Hub- 
bel^, Widow  Fayerweather,  Major  Burr  &  his  wife.  Lieu'  Richard  Hubbel, 
*Moses  Jacksons  wife,  Widow  Jackson^,  John  Jackson,  Lieu*  Daniel  Hub- 
bel &  his  wife,  Edward  Lacy''  &  his  wife  &  mother,  Stephen'^  Hubbel  his'^ 
wife,  Samuel  Cooke  &  *his  wife,  David'*  Sherman  &  *his  wife,  Hez."  Odel 
&  his'^  wife,  Zech  Meads"  wife,  Ens"  Gregory's  wife'^  Enoch  Gregory's 
wife'^  Jonathan  Wakely's  wife^°,  Henry  Wakely  &  his  wife,  John  Beardsle" 
&  his  22wife,  John  Hall  &  his  "Swife,  Widow^*  Seelye,  Edward  Tredwell^^  & 
his  wife,  Widow  Tredwell^®,  Francis  Hall**'  &  his  wife,  Zechariah  Lawrence 
his  wife,  David  Jackson,  Samuel  Trowbridge  &  his  wife,  Serj'  Odel  &  his 
wife,  Samuel^*  Hall  &  his  *Vife  &  mother.  Cap*  Sherman^"  &  his  wife,  Sam- 
uel Trowbridge  Jun''  &  his  wife,  Mr.  Edwards  &  his  wife,  Thomas  Edwards 
&  his  wife,  John  Edwards  &  his  wife,  Joseph  Edwards,  Israel  Wakely  &  his 
wife,  John  Middlebrook  &  his  wife,  John  Summers  &  his  wife,  James  Hub- 
bel, Ebenezer  Wheelers  wife,  James  Fairchild  &  his  wife,  Thaddeus^'  Greg- 
ory &  his  wife^^  Charles  Burritts  wife^^  Widow  Summers^^  Jacob^^  Starling 
&  his  wife,  Serj*  Joseph*'  Booth  &  his^^  wife.  Widow  ^^Hawley,  *Serj*  French 
&  his  ^^wife,  Samuel  French  Jun'  his  wife,  Daniel  Beardsles  wife,  Stephen 
Burrows*'  &  his  *Vife,  Nathaniel"  Silliman  &  his  ^wife,  Daniel  Knaps 
wife,  Jonathan  Morehouse  &  his  wife,  all  in  good  standing;  besides  whom 
there  is  the  Widow  Sarah  Hall  but  lying  at  present  under  a  publick  Censure 
of  Admonition. 


—175— 

REV.   ELIJAH  WATERMAN'S   LISTS, 

In  book  No.   I,  pages  66-6q,   Church  Record  for  1806. 

1806.  Names  of  Communicants. 

Males.  Rev.  Elijah  Waterman,  Pastor. 

Deacon  Seth  Seelye. 
Deacon  Seth  Sherman. 

John  Cooke  (aged  91,  son  of  Rev.  Mr.  Cooke). 
Abel  Seelye. 
Joseph  Knap. 

Nehemiah  Strong  (quondam  Professor  at  College). 
Timothy  Wheeler. 
William  Warden,  Sen. 
1798.  Josiah  Lacy. 

Deacon  James  E.  Beach — chosen  Deacon  Oct.  1806. 
1795.  Lambert  Lockwood. 

Samuel  Penny. 


\ 


1800. 

Lewis  Mallet. 

1797. 

Lewis  Sturges. 
William  Warden,  Jun. 

1800. 

Justin  Smith. 

1798. 

John  Nichols. 
Hezekiah  Treadwell. 

Dec. 

1806. 

Stephen  Summers  (Senior) 
William  DeForrest. 
Joseph  Backus. 
Robert  Treadwell. 

May    3, 

1807. 

Talcot  Hawlej'. 

Sept.  20. 

Samuel  Darling — and 
Nancy  Darling,  his  wife. 

Total,  19. 


Females.  Mary  Sherman,  wife  of  Deacon  S.  Sherman. 

Widow  Mary  LacJ^ 
Widow  Eunice  Sterling. 
Widow  Eunice  Sterling,  2d. 

Mary  Seelye,  wife  of  Abel  Seelye. 
Widow  Anne  Hubbell. 
Widow  Ellen  Hubbell. 
Widow  Anne  Hubbell. 
Widow  Ellen  Hawley. 
Widow  Griswold  Burroughs. 
Widow  Mary  Hubbell. 
Widow  Mary  Treadwell. 

Huldah  Beach,  wife  of  Dr.  J.  E.  Beach. 

Griswold  Wheeler,  wife  of  Timothy  Wheeler. 


— 1/6 — 

i8o6.  Names  of  Communicants. 

Females.  Huldah  Parish,  wife  of  Joel  Parish. 

Charity  Sherman,  wife  of  Ebenezer  Sherman. 
Nancy  Warden,  wife  of  Samuel  Warden. 
Rebecca  Sherman,  wife  of  David  Sherman. 
Elizabeth  Lockwood,  wife  of  Lamt.  Lockwood. 
Lucy  Waterman,  wife  of  Rev.  E.  Waterman. 
Jemima  Penny,  wife  of  Samuel  Penny. 
Betsey  Summers,  wife  of  Stephen  Summers,  Jun. 
Jemima  Burr,  wife  of  Samuel  Burr. 
Hannah  Dudley,  wife  of  Azel  Dudley. 
Jerusha  Cable,  wife  of  Samuel  Cable. 
Anne  Lacy,  wife  of  Josiah  Lacy. 
Mary  Sturges,  wife  of  Lewis  Sturges. 
Irena  Hull,  wife  of  William  B.  Hull. 

Smith,  wife  of  Justin  Smith. 

Anne  Mallet,  wife  of  Lewis  Mallet. 
Dorcas  Warden,  wife  of  William  Warden,  Jun. 
Miss  Anna  Seelye.  Total,  32. 

Jan.  1807.  Mary  Summers,  wife  of  Stephen  Summers. 

Sally  Deforrest,  wife  of  William  Deforrest. 

Huldah  Backus,  wife  of  Joseph  Backus. 

Sophia  Treadwell,  wife  of  Robert  Treadwell. 
March   i,   1807.  Philena  Gregory,  wife  of  James  Gregory. 

May       3.  Widow  Miriam  Hubbell. 


I 


—177— 

NAMES  OF  THE  CHURCH  MEMBERS 

Who  have  come  with  their  children  to  the  Ordijia?ice  of  Baptism. 

1806.  Samuel  Hawley  and  Lucy  his  wife. 

Abijah  Hawley  and  Polly  his  wife. 

David  Hawley. 

Aaron  Hawley  and  Griswold  his  wife. 

Wilson  Hawley  and  Charity  his  wife. 

Gurdon  Hawley  and  Anne  his  wife. 
Widow  Ruth  Hawley. 

Ebenezer  Hawley. 

Zalmon  Hawley  and  Anne  his  wife. 

Salmon  Hubbell  and  Sarah  his  wife. 

Ezekiel  Hubbell  and  Catharine  his  wife. 

Aaron  Hubbell  and  Sally  his  wife. 

David  Hubbell  and  Anne  his  wife. 

Joseph  Strong. 

Silas  Sherman  and  Abbe  his  wife. 

Abijah  Morehouse  and  Rachel  his  wife. 

Stephen  Summers,  Jun.,  and  Betsey  his  wife. 

Samuel  Burr. 

Ezra  Gregory  and  Sarah  his  wife. 

Stephen  Hull  and  Abigail  his  wife. 

Thomas  Gouge  and  Ruth  his  wife. 

David  Sterling  and  Deborah  his  wife. 

Nathaniel  Wade  and  Ruth  his  wife. 

William  Deforrest  and  Sally  his  wife. 

Daniel  Fayerweather  and  Betsey  his  wife. 

Samuel  Warden. 

Ichabod  Lewis. 

Thomas  Brothwell  and his  wife. 

Widow  Ann  Meaker. 

Elijah  Burr  and  Deborah  his  wife. 

David  Meaker  and  Esther  his  wife. 
Widow  Sarah  Sterling. 

Drew  Morgan  and  his  wife. 

Polly  Burroughs. 
Capt.  Stephen  Summers  and  Mary  his  wife. 

James  Gregory  and  Philena  his  wife. 

Philip  Sterling  and  Ruth  his  wife. 

Azel  Dudley.  Total,  71. 

July  31,  1806.  Primus  Freeman  and  Chloe  his  wife. 

Thomas  Freeman  and  Chloe  his  wife. 

Betty  Smith,  wife  of  Brace  Smith. 

Zechariah  Sherwood  and  Anna  his  wife. 
July    5,  1807.  William  Risley  and  Lavina  Risley  his  wife. 

12 


[•  Negroes, 


•178- 


NAMES    OF    PERSONS 


Connected  with  the  parish,  mentioned  in  the  church  record,  many  of  whom  may 

have  beeji  church  or  covenant  metnbers,  but  who  are  not  so 

designated  in  the  records,  i6ps  to  iSjo. 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Adams,  Freegrace 1704 

Allen,  Ebenezer 1792 

Allen,  Edna  (Wheeler)... 

Allen,  Nehemiah 

Allen,  Samuel  B 

Andrews, 

Allen, 


Allen,  Capt.  James,  3d. 

Allen, 

Allen,  Hannah 


Burr,  Sarah m.  June  29,  1692 

Burr,  Rebecca 1704 

Barly, 1706 

Burroughs,  John 1706,  1711 

Bostwick,  Joseph 1709 

Bulkley,  Peter 

Booth,  Jonathan 1709,  1710 

Beardsley,  Nathaniel 1710 

Beardsley, 1710 

Beecher,  Sarah 1710 

Bennett,  Isaac,  Jr.,  3a/.i 71 1.  1736 

Bacon,  Beriah 1713 

Bronson,  Richard 1714 

Bennett,  Jeremiah. 1716 

Beach,  Esther 1716 

Burroughs,  Hannah 1720 

Bassett,  Jonadab -- 

Burroughs,  Eunice 1720 

Burr,  Thaddeus 1732 

Barnham,  Abner 

Burr,  Nathaniel 

Burrows,  Patience.. 

Brown,  Ann b.  1742 

Burr,  Mary 

Beach,  Elizabeth 1742 

Bennett,  Hannah - 

Burton,  Ruth 

Beardsley,  Robert 1750,  I754 

Burritt,  Charles,  Jr 1750 

Beardsley,  Johannah 

Benedict,  Joseph 

Beardsley,  Experience 

Burr,  Capt.  John 

Burr,  Catharine 

Burr,  Joseph I754 


1830,  cB.  77 

1809,  ce.  74 

1810,  cs.  81 
1818,  ^.  35 
182I,  CB.   22 

1824 

1826,  (E.   40 

1828 

1828,  (s.  68 
before  1608 


1773 


1742,  cs.  33 

1743,  ce.  31 
1748,  CB.  30 

1799,  a.  61  ? 


1780 
1752,  <s.  55 
1753,^-  53 


Remarks. 


Stratford  Church,  1701. 

dau.  of  wid.  Hannah,  w.  of  Nehemiah. 


w.  of . 

w.  of  James,  3d. 


w.  of  Ethan. 
w.  of  Ebenezer. 

dau.  of  Col.  John,  w.  of  Rev.  Charles 
fn.  Capt.  Sam.  Sherwood.  [Chauncey, 
wid.  of . 


m.  1709,  Hannah 
w.  of  Nathaniel. 


m.  Anne  Odell. 


m.  Capt.  Daniel  Hubbell. 
tfi.  1 7 19,  Mary  Phippany. 


m.  1732,  Rachel  Wakeley. 

m.  1732,  Mary  Turney. 

vt.  iJSt,  David  Sanford, 

m.  Wolcott  Chauncey. 

w.  of  William. 

m.  Lt.  Benjamin  Fa)'erweather. 

w.  of  Dea.  William. 

w.  of  Solomon. 


m.  1750,  Hezekiah  Seeley. 
tn.  1750,  Elizabeth  Hall. 
m.  1750,  Richard  Whitney. 


w.  of  John. 


-179— 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention, 


Burr,  Charity  (Wells) 

Burrit,  Elihu 1758 

Bennett,  Mary 1770 

Burr,  John 

Bangs, .. 

Bennett, 

Burton,' .. 


Burton,  Richard 

Burr,  Daniel 1773 

Burr,  Margaret 1773 

Burroughs,Lieut.  Edward.   _. 

Burrit,  Comfort 

Bennett,  Joseph  Wilson 1778 

Burritt,  Isaac 

Bennett,  Sarah 1785 

Burritt,  Lucy 

Booth,  Jerusha 1789 

Beardsle}',  .. 

Burroughs, .. 

Bennett, _.   .. 


Burr,  Capt.  Gershom 1793 

Burr,  Charity 

Burr,  Rebecca .. 

Baker, .. 

Burroughs,  David 

Beach, 


Beach,  Lazarus 1796 

Burritt, 1796 

Burr,  Susannah .. 

Burr, 


Bradley, 

Burroughs,  Ephraim. 

Bennett, 

Beardsley,  Truman  .. 
Benedict,  Thaddeus.. 

Broadfoot, 

Baker, 


Burritt,  Charles?  ... 

Burritt,  Lucy 

Bennett,  Elizabeth.. 
Burroughs,  Hulda.. 
Beardsley,  Wheeler. 

Burritt,  Sarah 

Burlington,  N 


Bennett,  Philip 

Beardsley,  Abijah  . 
Brinsmade,  Samuel 
Benedict,  


Blakeman,  Capt.  Curtis 1810 

Backus,  Rev.  Simon 1805 

Benedict,  Esther 

Burr,  Hephzibah  (Nichols) 

Burroughs,  Mary 

Burr,Jesse 

Burr,  Aaron.. 

Burritt,  Abigail 

Burritt,  Sarah 


1769,  (Z.  48 
1793 

1771,  (B.  44 
1771 
1772 
1772 

1773 


1776,  m.  42? 
1777 

1813,  (2,   62? 
1782,  CB,   24 

1788 

1790 
I79I 
1792 

1794,  (B.   27 
1794,  (B.   27 

1795 

1795 

1795 


1796,  (B,   24 

1797 

1797 
1798 
1798 
1798 
1800 
I80I 
I80I 

1801,  ce.  80 
1801,  CB.  80 

1802 
1803,  (B.  66 

1804 
1805,  CE.  63 

1805 

1807,  CB.   80 

1807,  (B.   23 

1808,  CE.   57 
1808,  CB.   53 

1823,  CB    85 
I8IO,  CB.   35 

1 8 10,  ce.  77 

1811,  CB.  41 

I8I3 

1814,  CB.  57 

1814,  <^-  8i 

1815 


Remarks. 


dau.  of  John  Wells,  wid.  of  William 
[Burr,  m.  Joseph  Strong. 
dau.  of  Dea.  Wm.  and  Eunice  ;  ;«. 
[Dea.  Elijah  Hawley. 
•w.  of  Lemuel. 
w.  of  Jeremiah, 
w,  of  Richard. 


w.  of  Daniel. 
w.  of , 


s.  of  Elihu  and  Eunice. 


w.  of  Charles. 
w.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  Squire. 

wid.  of . 

w.  of  Joseph  W. 


dati.  of  Ozias. 
dau.  of  Ozias. 
w.  of  Scotts. 


w.  of  Lazarus. 


wid.  of  Sherman. 

dau.  of  Daniel  and  Margaret. 

w.  of  Ozias,  Jr. 

wid.  of   . 


w.  of  Philip. 


s.  of  Thaddeus. 

w.  of . 

w.  of  Capt.  Jonathan. 

w.  of  Charles. 

dau.  of  Peter  and  Mary,  w.  Stephen. 

w.  of  Elijah. 


w.  of  Jesse. 


w.  of  Jesse. 

wid.  of  Justus. 

w.  of  Capt.  Stephen. 


w.  of  Elijah. 


— i8o— 


Name. 


Year  of 

Mention. 


Brothwell,  Mehitable 

Bennett,  Abijah 

Burroughs,  Elizabeth  Ann 

Brinsmade, -    

Burrit,  Comfort 

Brothwell,  Capt.  William.. 

Bradley,  Charity 

Beardsie}',  Amos — 

Botsford,  Moses  K 1819 

Beers,  Mary .-   

Benedict,  William 

Boughton,  John __   1819 

Burr,  Sarah 

Booth,  Ebenezer 

Baldwin,  Phebe 

Birch,  David. 1822 

Brown,  Ebenezer —   1822 

Bradley, 

Boughton,  Chauncey 

Benedict,  Deborah 

Benedict,  Comfort.. 

Boughton,  Daniel. 

Blackman,  Frederick 

Bulkley, 

Banks,  Laura 

Beardsley,  Lucy 

Brothwell,  William 

Benedict,  Thaddeus 

Booth, Comphy 

Beardsley,  Drusilla 

Chauncey,  John b.  1695 

Chauncey,  Ich.  Wolcot  -.b.  1703 

Clark,  Ephraim 1704 

Corbit,  John 

Cole,  Samuel 1716,  1717 

Chuckstone,  John 1718 

Chauncey,  Wolcot b.  1732 

Cooke,  Sarah 

Chapman,  Hope 1744,  1755 

Chauncey,  Lois 

Cable,  Andrew 

Clifford,  Dr.  Daniel 1773 

Cope,  John 

Cook, 

Cable,  Wheeler. 

Cole,  Mary 

Crofut  James 1785 

Clark,  Bensom —   1792 

Cable,  Samuel. .1765,  1782,  1793 

Cable,  Mary 

Cooke, 

Clifford,  Daniel 1801,  1825 

Cable,  William. 1803 

Cooley,  Benjamin - 

Cadwell,  Deborah  .- 

Clark,  David 1812 


1815,  CB.  75 
1815,  a.  22 
1815,  CB.  41 

1817 

1818 

1818,  C£.   25 

1818,  ce.  27 

1818,  CB.  74 

1819,  CE.   52 

1819,  CB.   41 

1820,  a;.  81 

1820,  ce.  47 

1821,  CE.  34 


1822,  CE.  82 

1825,  CE.   25 
1825,  CB.   69 

1825,  CB.   62 

1826,  CB.   59 
1826,  CE.   19 

1826 

1826,  CB.  33 

1828 
1828,  CB.  73 

1838 
1843,  CB.  66 

1839,  (B.   87 


1805 


before  1771 
1781 
1776 

1782 
1782 
1810 

1806 

1793,  CB.  54 

1799 

1822,  CB.  55 
1803 
1806 


Remarks. 


wid.  of  Joseph. 


w.  of  Edward. 

sister  of  Elijah  Burritt,  wid.  of . 


s.  of  Thomas, 
sister  of  Sturges. 


w.  of  Ozias. 
w.  of  Eliada. 


wid.  of  Hezekiah. 


wid.  of  Thaddeus,  Esq. 
w.  of . 


w.  of  Morehouse. 
w.  of . 


wid.  of  Ebenezer.    [David  Sherman. 
wid.  of  Ensign  Abijah,  dati.  of  Dea. 


s.  of  Rev.  Charles. 
s.  of  Rev.  Charles. 


m.  1712,  Mary  Peat. 


m.  Elizabeth  Wells. 

s.  of  Robert,  m.  Ann  Brown. 

;«.  1734,  Jamfes  Sherman. 

m.  1749,  David  Wheeler. 


w.  of  Thomas. 
s,  of  Samuel  ? 


w.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  John 


•Ibl- 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Clark,  Caty -.  1812 

Cooke,  Thomas 

Canfield,  Ransom  E. -.1815,  1829 

Curtis,  Polly - 

Coleman,  Lemuel 1821,  1838 

Clarke,  Sarah 

Curtis,  Selina 

Curtis,  Epenetus 

Chatfield,  Mary 

Clifford,  Mary 

Clifford,  Emily.- 

Cannon,  John  S 

Cable, -. 

Curtis,  Blakeman 

Curtis,  David 

Dunning,  John 1703,  1713 

Dunning,  Benjamin. .1707,  1713 

Downs,  John 1713 

Davis,  Mary 

Dennie.John 1732 

Davison,  James 1732 

Dibble,  Abigail 

Dibble,  Ezra 

Denison,  Robert 

Dumond, - 

Daskam, 

Dickinson,  Amelia 

DeForest,  Philo 

Downs, 

Edwards, 1733 

Edwards,  Samuel 1796 

Edwards,  Shelton 

Ells,  Hannah... 1798 

Edwards,  Zachariah .   

Edgerton,  Patience 1811 

Evitts,  Daniel 

Edwards,  Prime 

Edmonds,  George 

Ellis,  Elisha 

Everett,  Benjamin 

Everts, 

Emery,  Thomas 

Eaton,  Polly  (Sherman) 

French,  Deborah,  bap.  1696 

Faircbild,  Spidon? 1704 

Fairchild, 1704 

Frost,  Sarah 

Ferris,  Samuel 1711 

Fairchild,  David 1713 

Fairchild,  Daniel 1713 

Frost,  Eleanor 

Fitch,  Daniel .. 

French,  Martha 

French,  Gamaliel,  Sr 


1 8 14,  a.  64 

1813,  a.  33 

1822,  (B.  37 
Oct.  7,  1823,  a.  28 
Dec.  5,  1823,  ce.  37 

1824,  cz.  99 

1825,  CB.   24 

1825,  ce.  24 
1828,  X.  74 

1829 

1838 

1838 


1782 
1803 

I819,  (B.   28 

1826,  a.  46 
1827 


1796 
1809,  CB.  35 

1815,  a.  54 

1822 
1823,  ce.  62 
1825,  (B.  44 
1825,  CB.  24 

1827 
1828,  ce.  27 
1830,  «.  51 


1738,  ce.  32 


Remarks. 


w.  of  David. 


w.  of  Matthew. 


■w.  of  Joseph. 
■w.  of  Epenetus. 


wid.  of 

w.  of  Daniel. 
w.  of  James. 


w.  of  Thomas. 


M.  Deborah  Odell. 
m.  1718,  Samuel  Lyon. 


m.  1731,  Samuel  Starr. 
m.  1733,  Elizabeth  Wheeler. 
m.  1733,  Prudence  Sherman. 
■w.  of  William. 
w.  of  James. 


■w.  of  Thomas. 


w.  of  Nathaniel. 
w.  of  Eleazar. 


w.  of 


dau.  of  Elnathan,  w.  of  William. 


wid.  oil 

m.  1710,  Henry  Wakeley. 


m.  1718,  Jacob  Weed. 
tn.  1732,  Sarah  Sherwood. 
m.  1734,  Peter  Sherman. 


— 182— 


Name. 


Year  of 

Mention. 


French,  Hannah 

French,  Line 

French,  Sarah 1754 

French,  Ichabod 

Frost,  Benjamin 

French,  Hannah 

Fa)-erweather,  Nathaniel 

French, 

French,  Wheeler 

Fowler,  Nehemiah 1791 

Fairchild,  Gershom 

Fayerweather,  James 1798 

French,  Capt.  Samuel 1802 

French,  Mary 

French,  Mehitable 

French,  Mary 

French,  John 1818 

French,  Gamaliel,  Jr 

French, 

French,  Ann 

Gregory,  Samuel,  Jr 1701 

Gregory,  Miriam 

Gold,  John 1732 

Garner,  Edward 1736 

Gregory,  Ruth.. 

Gregory, — 

Gregory, 

Gregory, 

Gregory,  Ebenezer 

Goodsell,  William l8ig 

Green,  Jane - 

Gregory,  Robert 

Gouge,  Frederick  C 

Gibbs,  Augusta 

Hubbell,  Capt.  David  ...b.  1690 
Hall,  Rebecca,  bap.  1703...   1723 

Henrie,  Samuel 1705,  1712 

Hall.  Burgess,  bap.  1701-..  1734 

Hawle3^  Joseph 1705 

Huttun,  Sarah  — 1706 

Hollinsworth,  Richard 1711 

Hull,  Deborah 1711 

Hall,  Sarah 

Handford, 1732 

Hartshorn,  Ebenezer 1732 

Hawley,  Catharine ^739 

Hall,  Francis 

Hubbell,  Elnathan 1743 

Hubbell,  Sarah  (Seeley) 

Hawley,  Ephraim 1747 

Hawley,  Sarah 1747 

Hawle)^  Sarah. 1748 

Hall,  Ichabod 1749 

Hubbell,  Ebenezer 1750 

Hodgdon,  Mehitable 


1745.  ^-  33 


1776 
1776 
1777 
1779 

1785 
1790 

1792 

1820,  a.  46 

1803 
1803,  m.  45 
1811,  CB.  71 
1814,  CB.  72 

1828,  CB.   72 

1830 
1841,  CB.   70 


1772,  CB.   36 
1786 
1786 
1787 
I8II 

182I,  CB.  27 

1825,  C£.  40 

1825,  ce.  18 

1829,  CB.  20 

1735 


1729,  CB.  26 

1739.  <^-  39 

1744,  CB.  22 

1800 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Gamaliel,  Sr. 

m.  1750,  Jedediah  Wells. 

w.  of  Gamaliel. 


w.  of  James. 


w.  of  James. 
w.  of  James. 
w.  of  Benjamin. 


■w.  of  Joseph  B. 
w.  of  James  R. 


m.  1732,  Ebenezer  Hartshorn. 


w.  of  Seth. 

wid.  of  Thaddeus,  Sr. 

•w.  of  Samuel. 

w.  of  James. 


w.  of  Thomas. 


dau.  of  Francis  ;  m.  Abner  Frost. 

s.  of  Isaac. 

m.  Robert  Jackson. 

m.  John  Beardsley,  Sr. 
w.  of  John. 

•w.  of . 

m.  Miriam  Gregory. 

m.  Lt.  William  Bennett. 

w.  of  Jabez. 

w.  of  Ephraim. 
w.  of  Samuel. 

;«.  1750,  Nehemiah  Mead. 


-i83- 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Hall,  Elizabeth 

Hill,  Mary 

Hubbell,  Onesimus 

Hubbell,  Rebecca 

Hawley,  Molly --- 

Hunt,  Grissel 1770 

Hall,  Stephen  (Hull?) 1770 

Hall,  Sarah 1770 

Hubbell,  Roxana 1770 

Hubbell,  Ann 

Hall,  James 1770 

Hall,  Abigail 1770 

Hall,  Benjamin 1770 

Hawley,  Abigail 1772 

Hubbell,  Esther 

Hall,  Huldah 

Hall,  Mary  Stiles 

Hubbell,  Joseph 1774 

Hubbell,  Katharine 

Hawley,  Elizabeth 

Hall,  Nathan --. 

Hawle}%  Ephraim,  Jr. .._. 

Holberton,  Ruth.. 1777 

Hubbell,  Joseph,  Jr 1777 

Hubbell,  William 1777 

Hubbell,  Walter 1777 

Hubbell,  Ruth 1777 

Hubbell,  Daniel,  Jr, 

Hawley,  Ann 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Isaac 1778 

Hall, 

Hawley,  Sarah 

Hoyt,  Elizabeth 

Haws,  W , 

Hall,  Island 1782 

Hinman, 

Hawley,  William 

Hubbell, 

Hawley,  Ephraim 1786 

Hubbell, 

Hawley,  Sarah  (Comstock) 

Hoyt,  Capt.  James 

Hubbell,  Benjamin,  Jr 

Halberton,  William 1790 

Hillard,  William 1792 

Hubbell,  Hezekiah 

Hawley,  Isaac 

Hawley,  Isabel 

Hinman,  Isaac 1794 

Hubbell,  Eunice 

Hodgson,  Hannah 

Hubbell,  Isaac 

Hall,  Gershom 

Hall,  John  B 1795 

Hall,  Lucy 

Hubbell,  Rebecca 

Hawley,  David,  Jr 


1754,  cB.  23 
1754,  a.  19 
1765,  a.  17 


1805,  CB.   60 

1770,  m.  23 


1774 

1786,  CB.   -Jl 

1772 
1773,  CB.   20 

\Tj(:i,  CB.  23 

1776,  m.  35 
1776 

1777,  CB.   30 


1805 


I77S,  CB.  28 
1778 
1787 
1778 
I78I 
I78I 
I78I 

1782 
1784 
1785 

before  1795 
1786 

1786,  ce.  39 

1787,  CB.   54 
1788 
1797 

1792 
1792 
1793 

1817,  CE.  54 

1794,  CB.   38 

1794 
1795 

1795.  CE.   28 

1796 
1796 
1797 


Remarks. 


m.  1750,  Joseph  Benedict. 
m.  1750,  Elnathan  Parrott. 

dau.  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca. 
dau.  of  Samuel  and  Sarah. 
w.  of  Isaac. 

w.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  Richard,  Jr. 
dau.  of  Benjamin. 

w.  of  James. 


■w.  of  Ezra. 
wid.  of 


dau.  of  Richard  and  Hannah. 


w.  of  Capt.  Amos. 

dau,  of  Capt.  Ezra;  ist  w.  of  Aaron. 


w.  of  Capt.  Thomas. 


w.  of  Walter. 
dau.  of  Ephraim. 


w.  of  Ebenezer. 
w.  of  David. 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  Gideon. 


w.  of  Capt.  Isaac.  [Aaron. 

dau.   of  Jonathan ;    2d    w.   of   Maj. 


wid.  of  Abraham. 


date,  of  Stephen. 


-1 84- 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Hawley,  Samuel 1 797 

Hall, 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Wilson 1798 

Hubbell, 

Hubbell,  Rebecca 

Hubbell,  Philo 

Hubbell,  Sarah 

Hawley,  Capt.  Daniel 

Hubbell, 

Hoyt,  George 1800 

Hoyt,  Deborah 1800 

Hall,  Philena 

Hubbell,  Mary  Alice _  1801 

Hall, 

Hollinsvvorth,  Ruth 

Hall,  Martha 

Hubbell,  Esther 

Hodgden,  William 

Hubbell, 

Hoyt,  James 

Hubbell,  Elinor 1805 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Ezra 

Hall,  Ebenezer 

Hall,  Mabel 

H  o)'t,  Sarah 

Hubbell, 

Hubbell,  John 

Hopkins,  John 

Hinman,  Charity 

Hall,  Luc)' 

Hawley,  Capt.  Aaron 

Hultz, 

Hubbell,  Betsey. 

Hawley,  Salmon 1811 

Hubbell,  Henry 

Hull,  Samuel 

Hawley,  Elijah 

Hubbell,  Abigail  - 

Hull,  Wakeman.1817,  1850,  1861 

Hultz,  Polly 

Hall,  Richard 

Hubbell,  Anson 

Hubbell,  Charles  Raymond 

Holberton,  Capt.  Thomas 

Hodges, 1823 

Hopkins,  Mehitable 

Holberton,  Bathsheba ..   . 

Hawley,  John 

Hubbell,  Onesimus 

Hopkins, 

Hawley,  Betsey 

Hinman,  Capt.  Munson 1825 

Hoyt,  George,  Cashier 

Hopkins,  Catharine 

Holman,  Dr.  Thomas 

Hawley,  Samuel,  Jr 

Hawley,  Frederick I 


1797 

1799,  ^-  26 

1798 
1798,  a.  39 

1798 
1798,  a.  19 

1799 
1799 


1801 

180X 
1802 
1802 

1802,  (E.   36 

1803 

1804 
1804,  CB.   44 

1805 

1805 

1807,  cs.  91 
1807,  iZ   72 

1807,  a.  40 

1808,  CB.  63 

1808,  ^.51 
1808 

1809,  CE.   22 

1810,  a.  40 
1810 

1811,  CB.   23 

1814,  CB.   22 

1814,  CB.   27 

1815,  CB.   77 

1816,  CB.  66 

1819 
1819 

I819,  CB.   32 
I819,  CB.   34 

1822,  cs.  84 

1824,  ^.51 
1824 

1823,  CE.   18 

1824,  CB.   69 
1824 

1825,  CB.   26 

1825,  CB.   56 

1825,  CB.   22 

1826,  CB.   32 
1826,  CB.   27 

1827 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Drew. 


w.  of  Wilson. 
dau.  of  Daniel. 
s.  of  Richard. 


■w.  of  Abel. 


dau.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  Capt.  Ezekiel. 
w.  of  Stephen. 


•wid.  of 

dau.  of  Daniel. 

w.  of  Ezra. 

w.  of  Salmon. 


rvid.  of . 

"wid.  of  Capt.  James  ? 
wid.  of  Timothy. 
s.  of  Benjamin. 


w.  of  Isaac. 


w.  of  David,  Jr. 


s.  of  Salmon, 
s.  of  Stephen. 


wid.  of  ■ 
wid.  of 


w.  of  Capt.  Thomas. 
s.  of  Abijah,  Sr. 
s.  of  Daniel. 

wid.  of . 

w.  of  Capt.  Abijah. 


-185- 


Name. 


Hubbell,  George 

Hubbell,  Alfred 

Hall,  Ebenezer 

Hall, .... 

Havvle}%  Isaac 

H awl ej',  John 

Hubbell,  Anson  Ezekiel. 

Hubbell,  George  William  . 

Hubbell,  Eunice 

Hubbell,  Catharine 

Hoyt,  Mercy  Nichols 

Hubbell,  Elizabeth 

Hubbell,  Sarah 

Hubbell,  Thaddeus 

Hubbell,  Penelope 

Jackson,  Esther,  bap.  i6g6 

Jackson,  Joshua 1698 

Jennings,  Eunice 

Jennings,  John 1732 

Jones,  John I734 

Jackson,  Rachel 1739 

Jackson,  David 1750 

Jackson,  Amos 1754 

Jennings,  Sally 

Jackson,  Aaron 

Jones,  Dr ,. 1825 

Jones,  Ira. 

Jennings,  Sarah  (Ross) 

Jones,  Charity. 

Knapp,  Daniel 1731 

Knapp,  Mary 

Kimberly,  Prudence 

Knapp,  Freelove. 

Knapp, 

Knapp, 

Knapp, 

Kirtiand,  Zebulon 1788 

Kirtland,  Olive 

Knapp,  Abijah 1790 

Knapp,  John 

Knapp,  Hannah 

Kirtland,  Ezra,  Jr 

Kirtland,  Olive  (Wakeley) 

Kirtland,  Elijah 

Keith,  John 

Knapp,  L)'man  P. 

Keeler,  Anne 

Knapp,  Mary 

Keeler,  Patrick 

Knapp,  Robert 

Lacey,  Ebenezer,  3a/.  1704.  1735 

Lake,  Thomas 1706 

Leavenworth,  Thomas 1708 

Lyon,  Hannah 1709,  1714 


1828 
1828 
1828 
1828 
1828,  ce.  35 
1829 

1830,  ce.  23 

1831,  cB.  35 
1538,  m.  68 

1838 

1839,  a.  80 

1840,  a:.  90 

1842,  IS.   81 

1849,  a.  85 
1864,  (2.  92 


1803 
1823 

1836,  ce.  65 
1839,  ce.  83 
1845.  CB.  73 


1771,  ce.  31 

1782 

1784 

1786 
1803,  ce.  58 
1790,  ce.  14 

1795,  a.  82 

1796,  ce.  76 
1799,^.  47 
1803,  ce.  69 

1810 

1811 
1813,  ce.  50 
1815,  (B.  63 
1825,  (z.  18 
1829,  ce.  76 
1834,  ce.  52 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Elias. 

J.  of  Samuel,  Dec'd. 


s.  of  Capt.  Ezekiel. 
s.  of  Capt.  Ezekiel. 


dau.  of  Benjamin. 
w.  of  Abel. 


dau.  of  Richard,  Jr.,  and  Roxana. 

w.  of  Moses,  Sr. 

m.  1731,  Elnathan  Lyon. 


w.  of  Isaac. 


date,  of  Rev.  Robert,  w.  of  Eliphalet. 
dau.  of  Jos.  Strong,  Esq.,  w.  of  Ira. 


m.  1733,  Phinehas  Price. 
^^'  1735-  Josiah  Smith. 
w.  of  Capt.  Joseph. 
w.  of  James. 
w.  of  Capt.  Joseph. 
w.  of  James. 
m.  Betsey  Cook. 
dau.  of  Ezra. 


w.  of  John. 

dau.  of  Zebulon,  wid.  of  Ezra. 


1st  w.  of  Patrick. 
dau.  of  Ephraim. 


s.  of  Edward. 
w.  of  Nathaniel. 


■I  86— 


Name. 


Year  of 

Mention. 


Lyon,  Nathaniel  .....1711,  1714 

Lacey,  Henry, 1716,  1717 

Lacey,  Hannah 1717 

L3'on,  Samuel 

Lawrence,  Zachariah 1731 

Lyon,  Elnathan . 

Lacey,  Ephraim 1749,  ^754 

Loveland,  Asa 1770 

Lace}^ - 

Lemon,  George. 

Little,  Ruth  (Winton)- 

Lake,  - 

Little,  Otis 

Lacey,  Ruth 

Lacey,  Margaret 

Lacey,  Molly 

Lacey,  John 

Lake,  Reuben 

Lake, 

Linus,  Nathaniel 

Lace)^,  Tabitha 

Linus,  Polly 

Lacey,  Josiah 

Lyman,  Eunice.. 

Lacey,  Squire 

Lacey,  Betsey 

Linus,  Mary 

Lewis,  Hazard 

Lewis,  Clark 1825 

Lewis,   Everit - 1825 

La3'field, 

Layfield,  Mary 

Lewis,  Truman 

Lewis,  Chary 

Lacey,  Michael . 

Lacey,  Sarah — 

Leavens,  Eleanor 

Mallery,  Peter 1709 

Morehouse, _   1709 

Morehouse,  Nathan 1710 

Miles,  Lt.  Richard 

Mallory,  Mary.. 1721 

Meeker,  Ebenezer 1732 

Moss,  Abigail 

Moss,  Mrs.  Mary 

Morris,  George 1738,  1744 

Merritt,  George 1748,  1753 

MacKane,  1750 

Mead,  Nehemiah 

Machard,  Matthew,  Jr 

Morehouse,  Ruth 1770 

Morehouse,  David 177° 

Mead,   Sarah 

Meeker,  William 

Mann,  Hannah 

Mekinzy,  Gilbert 1777 


1780 

1781 

1784,  ^.  53 

1785 

1788 

1788,  (E.  27 

1792,  (B.  52 

1793.  ^-  32 

1793,  ce.  84 

1811,  cs.  73 

1812 

1813,  <E.  24 

1 8 14,  cs.  64 
1816,  a.  34 

1818,  <z.  22 

1819,  ce.  65 
1819,  (B.  30 
1822,  a.  38 

1824,  ce.  Ti 

1825,  ce.  71 


1827 
1827,  cz.  18 

1830,  ce,  61 

1831,  cE.  64 
1835,  ce.  51 
1838,  (B.  65 
1835. '^-  55 


before  1773 
1757,  (B.  21 

1801 

1773 
1777 

1777 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Henry. 

m.  1718,  Mary  Davis. 


m.  1732,  Eunice  Jennings. 
s.  of  John. 

w.  of  Capt.  Josiah. 

[William. 
■wid.  of  Joseph  Brinsmade,  w,.  of  Dr. 
w.  of  Thomas. 


w.  of  Capt.  Josiah. 
wid.  of  Benjamin. 
w.  of  Capt,  Josiah. 


wid.  of  Reuben. 
w.  of  Capt.  Daniel. 


wid.  of  George. 
w.  of  Nathaniel. 


of 


w.  of  Noah. 


m.  1716,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Chauncey. 
m.  Alexander  Fairchild. 

m.  1733,  Samuel  Cooke. 

f?i.  1736,  Rev.  Ebenezer  White. 


m.  1750,  Sarah  Hodgdon. 
s.  of  Matthew  and  Sarah. 
w.  of  Seth. 

wid.  of  Nehemiah. 

wid.  of . 


•i87- 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Meeker, 

Meeker,  John 1778 

Mackam,  _-   

Morehouse,  

MacDimon, 

Meeker,  Peter 1791 

Morehouse,  Martha , 

Morehouse,  Isaac 

Meeker,  Lyman 1800 

Minot, 

Morehouse,  Eunice 

Mackenzie,  John 

Mackenzie,  James  - 

Meeker,  Clark 

Middlebrook,  Samuel 

Meeker,  Polly 

Middlebrook,  Jerusha 

Mallet,  Avis 

Mallory,  Jonathan 

Mallory,  Sarah 

Morehouse,  Anne 

Morse,  Samuel  C 1824,  1826 

Mason, 

Miller,  George 

Morehouse,  Abijah 

Minot,  Sarah 

Mills,  Jonathan.. 

Mitchell,  Patience 

Mills, 

Moore,  Mark 1827 

Morgan,  Elizabeth 

May, 

Morehouse, ..  ._ 

Morehouse,  Lorinthia 

Nichols,  Abram 1703 

Nichols,  Benjamin. -before  1714 

Nichols,  Esther 

Nichols,  Mehitable 

Nichols,  Rebecca 

Nichols,  Sarah 

Nichols,  Hulda 

Nickerson, 

Nichols, 

Nichols, 

Nichols,  Reuben 

Nichols,  Philip 

Nichols,  Mary 

Nichols,  Nancy 

Nichols,  Samuel 

Nichols,  Catharine... 

Nash,  Grace 

Northrop,  Norman 1828 

Nichols,  Phebe 

Niles,  Samuel 

Nichols,  Hannah 


1777 
1810,  a.  76 

1784 
1786 
1787 

1792 
1796 

1800 
1801,  a.  27 

1802 

1802 

1812 

1815 
18 1 7,  te.  26 

1819 

1819  or  1829 

1821,  a.  77 

1829?  1822  ?  CB.  74 

1823,  ce.  37 

1825,  ce.  22 

1826,  a.  42 
1826,  a.  44 
1826,  ce.  64 
1826,  (E.  56 

1826,  CE.   56 

1826 
1828 

1828,  CB.  40 
1837,  CB.   82 

1841,  ce.  30 


1735.  ^-  32 

1749,  ce.  36 
1753-  ce.  19 

1759,  CE.   40 

I78I 

1785 
1786 

1797 

1807,  CE.   80 

1811,  ce.  77 

1812,  CB.   27 

1814,  ce.  22 

1815,  CB.  47 
1815,  cB.  44 

1835,  CE.  82 
1838 

1855,  CB.   69 


Remarks. 


wid,  of 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  David. 
w.  of . 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  Lyman. 


w.  of  Seeley. 
w.  of  Bradley. 


wid.  of  Jonathan. 


w.  of  Isaac. 


w.  of 


w.  of  Joel. 

w.  of  Jonathan. 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  Joseph. 


dau.  of  Anson  and  Anna. 


m.  i^ij,  Daniel  Wheeler. 
w.  of  John. 
w.  of  John. 


w.  of  John. 
w.  of  Nathaniel. 
w.  of  John. 
wid.  of . 


wid.  of  Philip. 
w.  of  George. 


w.  of  Richard  P. 
wid.  of . 


wid.  of  John,  Jr. 


—  188— 


Name. 


Year  of 

Mention. 


O  del  I,  Sarah 

Odell,  Ebenezer 

Odell,  Johannah  (Peck)  - 

Odell,  Phinehas 

Odell,  Hannah- 

Odell,  Walker 1789 

Odell,  Temperance 

Odell,  Isaac 

Odell,  Isaac 

Pigsly,  William  1703 

Paterson,  Andrew 1703 

Peat,  Mary- 

Phippany,  Mary 

Phippan)^  Johannah 

Prime,  Capt.  Joseph 1732 

Price,  Phinehas 

Prince,  Samuel 1750 

Parrott,  Elnathan 

Porter,  Hannah 

Parish,  Joel 1770,  1806 

Plant,  Joel 

Parish,  Abigail  (Hawley)..   1770 

Price,  Mary 

Patchin,  Ann 

Pratt, 

Patchin, 

Patchin,  Abijah 

Patchen,  Wolcott _  1794 

Patchin,  Serjt.  Isaac,  1777?  1794 

Patchen, 

Patchin,  Salmon 1795 

Porter,  Samuel 

Peck, 

Parrott, 

Porter,  Lucy 1800 

Pixley,  Anna 

Porter,  Anna 

Porter,  Abiah  (Hubbell) 

Porter,  Sarah 

Patchin,  Ruah.. 

Porter,  Lucy 

Porter,  John 

Patchin,  Victory 

Page,  Harvey 

Peet,  Anson 

Parrott,  Isaac 1816 

Parsons,   Mercy 

Pendleton,  Eunice 

Piercy,  Nathaniel 

Perry,  Polly 

Peet, 

Pixley,  

Peet,  Henry 1825 

Penfield,  Hannah 

Perry,    Tolman 

Perry,  Burr 


1743.^.  19 

1776,  cs.  37 

1776 


1794,  a:.  27 

1801 
1826,  a;.  68 


1727 


1763,  (S.  61 

1774 

1777, -^^  37 

1780 

1780 

1785 

1789 

1789 

1799 
1832,  <^.  85 

1794 

1807,  (s.  40 
1795,  .?.  78 

1799 
1799 

1800,  ce.  69 

1801,  cs.  76 
1805 

1805,  (Z.  25 

1808,  (B.  63 
IS12,  a.   31 

I813 
1815,  ^.  22 

1815,  (S.  32 

1816,  cS.  21 

1818,  (s.  30 
1820,  tz.  59 

1822 
1824 

1825,  (s.  78 

1825,  cz.  62 

1826,  (E.  84 

1826,  a.  34 
1826,  cc.  32 


Remarks. 


m.  1713,  Dan.  Comstock,  of  Norwalk. 
s.  of  William  and  Sarah. 
w.  of  Samuel. 

tn.  Nath.  Seeley,  m.  Stephen  Sterling. 
s.  of  Isaac. 

m.  1712,  John  Corbit. 

m.  1719,  Jonadab  Bassett. 

m.  1722,  Dea.  Lem.  Sherwood. 

m.  1733,  Mary  Knapp. 
;«.  1733,  Abigail  Wells. 
fn.  1750,  Mary  Hill. 
w.  of  John. 
m.  Abigail  Hawley. 

sister  of  Maj.  Aaron  Hawley,  7u.  of 
wid.  of  Phinehas.  [Joel. 

wid.  of •. 

wid.  of . 

w.  of  James. 


w.  of  Isaac. 

m.  Mabe . 

m.  Anna . 

w.  of  John  B. 
w.  of  Ebenezer. 
iu.  of  John. 
wid.  of  William. 
zvid.  of  Abiah. 
w.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  Samuel,  Jr. 
w,  of  Elijah. 
2u.  of  Ezra. 


w.  of  Titus. 
wid.  of . 

w.  of  Burr. 

mother  of  Samuel,  wid.  of 

w.  of  Peter. 


wid.  of 


—189— 


Name. 


Year  ol 
Mention. 


Parrott,  William 

Pool, 

Plumb,  John 1829 

Parrott,  Sally 

Peet,  Anna 

Parrott,  Thomas 

Rugier,  Anthony 1732 

Rowlandson,  Elizabeth 1733 

Ross,  Sarah  (Edwards) 

Rowland,  Charity 

Ross,  John.. 

Ross,  Eulilia  (Bartram) 

Raymond,  Miss  Betsey 

Risley,  Ruth 

Ross,  Sarah  (Merrick) 

Ross,  James  Merrick 

Robertson, 1800 

Rose,  Peter 

Royce,  Rev.  Stephen 

Rose,  William 

Rose, 1813 

Rockwell,  Eliada 

Roberts,  Mary 

Robins,  Capt.. 1827,  1829 

Robinson,  

Sherwood,  Sarah 1693 

Seeley,  Nathaniel 1696,  1736 

Swillaway,  Mary,  bap.  Nov.  8,  1696 

Stiles,  Mary 1702?  1706,  1717 

Sherman,  Benjamin  ..1703,   1707 
Seeley,  Hannah,  (^a/.  1703..   1731 

Sherman,  Mercy,  bap.  1704 

Seeley,  Sarah,  (^a/.  1704 

Sherman,  Nathaniel 1705 

Sherman,  James,  bap.  1707.    

Sherman,  Bezaliel 1708 

Sturdevant,  John 1709 

Squire,  Jonathan 

Strong,  Benaiah 1713 

Sherman,  John 1714 

Silliman,  Sarah 1714 

Smith,  Abigail 1718 

Starr,  Samuel 

Silliman,  Robert,  Jr..- 1732,  1735 
Silliman,  Robert,  Sr... 1732,  1735 

Sturges,  Jonathan 1732 

Stanley,  Mary 

Seeley,  1733 

Sanford,  Daniel 1734 

Smith,  Josiah.- 

Sanford,  David 

Sherman,  Peter 1736 

Starr,  Elizabeth 

Sterling,  Mary 


1826 
1829 

1839,  ce.  49 
1843,  CE.  76 

I85I,  CB.   58 


1772 

1773 

1777 
1785,  CE.   49 
1792,  CE.   17 
1794.  (S-   36 

1799.^-  52 
1799 

1801 
1802,  CB.  47 
1812,  a.  90 

1822,  ce.  24 
1826 

1837 


1786 


1737,  <^'  23 


Remarks. 


w.  of  John  B. 
w.  of  Thomas. 


[Robert. 
■wid.  of  Samuel  Hawley,  w.  of  Rev. 


w.  of  Rev.  Robert. 


dau.  of  David  Wells,  wzV.  of  Timothy. 
w.  of  Rev.  Robert,  vi.  1786. 
s.  of  Rev.  Robert. 


wid.  of 
w.  of  — 
w.  of  — 


m.  Benjamin  Fayerweather. 
m.  Hannah  Odell. 


m.  Lt.  Wm.  Bennett ;  dau.  of  John. 
dau.  of  Dea.  David  ;  m.  M.  Sherwood. 
m.  1713,  J.  Sherwood  ;  dau.  of  James. 

m.  Jemima . 

s.  of  Benj.;  in.  1734,  Sarah  Cooke. 

m.  Mary  Jackson. 

m.  1711,  Bashia . 

m.  Sarah  Sherman. 

tn.  Samuel  Hall. 

m.  William  Odell. 

m.  1731,  Abigail  Dibble. 


m.  Ruth 


^^'  1733.  Peter  Walker. 
w.  of  R . 


m.  1735,  Prudence  Kimberly. 
m.  1736,  Patience  Burrows. 
m.  1734,  Martha  French. 
m.  1736,  Joseph  Webb. 
dau.  of  Jacob  and  Hannah. 


— 190 — 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Seel ey,  Eunice 

Sherwood,  Andrew 1749 

Silliman,  Sarah  .- 

Summers,  Mary 

Seeley,  Betsey .- 

Silliman,  Ruth  

Sterling,  Mary-- 

Summers,  Comfort 

Sherman,  Amos 

Seeley,  Nathan 

Somers,  Mary 1770 

Silliman,  John.-- 1771 

Silliman,  Katharine 1771 

Sherwood,  Gurdon 

Silliman,  Sarah.. 

Sherman,  Jonathan 

Stevens,  Isaac 

Sherman,  Isaac 

Seeley,  Nehemiah 

Sherman,  Eunice,  <5a/.  1751? 

Seeley,  Michael 1784 

Shaylor,  Capt.  Timothy 

Seeley,  Lieut.  Nathaniel 

Seeley,  Denton 1786,  1803 

Smith,  John  — 

Summers, 

Sherwood,  Abigail 

Silliman,  Seth 

Smith,  Josiah  — — 

Summers,  Ann 

Smith,  Prudence(Kimberly)? 

Seeley,  Sarah 

Sherwood,  Prudence 

Seeley,  Hephzibah.. — 

Strong,  Anne- 

Summers,  Elijah 

Seeley,  Truman 

Sherwood,  William 

Seeley,  Peninnah 

Seeley,  Abigail -.. 

Seeley,  

Seeley, 

Strong,  Comfort.- 

Seelej^  Isaac. 1801 

Sturges.  Anna  (Knowles)..    

Seamon, 1802 

Sterling.  Sherwood 

Strong,  Sarah 

Strong,  Comfort  (Nichols) 

Sherman,  Sterling    1805 

Summers,  Rebecca 

Sherman,  Anna  (Kirtland).   1805 

Stephenson,  I 1S05 

Summers,  Aaron 

Sherman,  Jemima 

Summers,  Mary 

Strong,  


1745,  (€.   28 

1767,  a;.  47 

I75I,  CB.   50 

1756,  a:.  85 

1756,  CB.  58 

1757,  <2.  23 
1765  or  1772,  <z. 

1760,  (B.  36 
1766,  (s.  52 


1772,  ^.  33 

1773,  ^.  48 

1775 
1776 

1781,  (Z.  79 

1781 

1798 

1786 
1787,  <?.  44 

1790 

1793 
1793 

1794,  (Z.   21 

1794,  a.  37 
1794 

1797 
1797 

1797 
1798,  ^.  19 

1798,  (B.   30 
1798 
1798 
1800 

1800,  <?.  31 
1800 
180I 

1801,  iB.   20 

180I,  (B.   80 
1802 

1804,  ce.  33 

1804,  (B.   65 

1805 


1806,  CB,   81 
1806 

1806,  CE.   25 

1807,  CB.   76 


63 


Remarks. 


w,  of  Nathan. 

s.  of  Capt.  John? 

m.  1750,  Noah  Wilson. 

ist  w.  of  Nathan. 

w.  of  James. 

w.  of  Robert,  Sr.  ? 

dau.  of  Jacob. 

2d  w.  of  Nathan. 


w.  of  Samuel. 


s.  of  John. 
w.  of  Daniel. 


dau.  of  Elnathan? 


m,  Deborah 


w.  of  Elnathan. 

■wid.  of . 

s.  of  Capt.  Seth  and  Lois. 

m.  Beulah  . 

dau.  of  Elnathan. 


dau.  of  Michael. 


dau.  of  Michael. 
dati.  of  Joseph. 


s.  of  David. 


w.  of  Seth,  Jr. 
wid.  of  Michael. 
w.  of  Isaac. 
dau.  of  Joseph. 


w.  of  Joseph. 
dau.  of  William. 
s.  of  Abijah,  Esq. 
dau.  of  Joseph. 
w.  of  Joseph. 
s.  of  Capt.  David. 

7vid.  of . 

w.  of  Sterling. 


m.  Huldah  Wakeley. 
wid.  of  Nathaniel  ? 
w.  of  Abel. 
w.  of  Nehemiah. 


—191— 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Remarks. 


Silliman,  Lois 1807,^.67 

Silliman,  Capt.  Seth 1808,  <?.  67 

Sherman,  Capt.  David,  Jr..    Dec.  1809,  t?.  24, 

Summers,  William 1810,^.34 

Smith,  Beulah -. 1810,^.70 

Sherwood,  Capt.  David 1811,  cb.  49 

Seeley,  Deborah 1811,^.68 

Smith, 1811 

Scofield, 1812,  1818 

Standish,  John 1813,  1816:  1825,  (S'.  35 

Seeley,  Odell 1814I  

Smith,  Mary i  1815 

Sherwood,  Zachariah 1815 

Sherwood.  Charles...  1818,  1840 

Smith,  J.  Stebbins 1819,  1825 

Squire,  Samuel 1819,(^.74 

Staples,  Martha 1820,  <z?.  61 

Sterling,  Sherman.. _    1820,^.34 

Seeley,  Mary 1822,  <^.  81 

Seeley,  Catharine 1823,  <^.  18 

Summers,  Rhoda 1823,(^.36 

Sherman,  Rebecca  (French) 1825,^.70 

Seeley,  Michael 1826,(^.70 

Sherman,  Jane 1826,^^.20 

Summers, 1826,^.74 

Sherwood,  Ephraim 1826  

Sherwood,  Ethan 1826,(^.51 

Sherwood,  Sally 1826,^.44 

Sheppard,  Doct.  William 1827 

Seeley,  1828 

Summers, 1828,(^.45 

Sherman,  1829 

Strong,  Joshua 1829  

Strong,  Tryphena  (Whetmore) 1829,  a.  56 

Sherwood,  Lucetta 1831,^.35 

Seelev,  Mary 1835,^.24 

Sherrnan,  C.  H 1838 

Sterling,  Anson 1835,^.44 

Summers,  Anson 1836,^.39 

Sherwood,  Stephen 1837,(^.89 

Strong,  Comfort 1841,(^.77 

Seeley,  Jennette 1850,(^.35 

Sterling,  David  B 1849 

Seeley,  George  B 1850 

Summers,  Ubana  .. .  1849,(2.68 

Sterling,  Ann 1859 

Sterling,  Hannah 1861 

Sterling,  Feed  Abijah 1862,  ce.  73 

Sterling,  Sally 1866 

Sterling,  Capt,  John 1866 

Turney,  Thomas 

Treadwell,Martha,  ^rt/.  1702 1734 

Tucker,  Nehemiah 1747,  ^z'.  23 

Turney,  Mary 

Treadwell,  Stephen 1755,  (?.  44 

Treadwell,  Sarah 1753  


at 


w.  of  Capt.  Seth. 

sea.     s.  of  David  4th. 

wid.  of  George  ;  wid.  of  Wm,  Peet. 

wid.  of  Lt.  Nathaniel. 
■wid.  of . 


wid.  of 


wid.  of 


w.  of  Ezra. 
dau,  of  James. 


wid.  of  Capt.  David,  4th. 


w.  of  Isaac,  Jr. 
w.  of  Elnathan. 


w.  of  Ephraim. 


w.  of  Munson. 
w.  of  David. 
wid.  of  Wheeler. 


wid.  of  John. 

dau.  of  Ruth  and  Joseph, 


2d  w.  of  Joseph. 
w.  of  George  B. 
s.  of  David  and  Deborah. 

dau.  of  Elnathan.  [Deborah. 

w.  of  Moore  ;  dau.  of  David  and 

s.  of  Abijah  and  Eunice. 

w.  of  F.  Abijah. 

s.  of  David  and  Deborah. 

w.  1709,  Abigail  Wells. 

dau.  of  Samuel :  m.  \']2l,  Samuel 

[Smedle)^ 
m.  1732,  Nathaniel  Burr. 
m.  1 75 1,  Sarah  Wakeley. 
wid.  of . 


— 192 — 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Treadwell,  Sarah 1770 

Treadwell, 

Treadwell,  Josiah 1776 

Treadwell, 

Treadwell,  David 1783 

Treadwell, 

Treadwell,  Jerusha 

Treadwell,  Samuel -. 

Thompson, 

Treadwell,  Elijah 1815 

Turnev,  Silas 1819 

Tisdal'e,  Dr.  N... 1823,  1825 

Tisdale,  Betsey .- 

Treat,  Madison  A 

Thompson,  Joseph 

Wolcott,  Sarah 

Whitacus,  Jonathan 1700 

Wheeler,  Hannah,  i^a/.  1703 

Wheeler,  Hannah... 1708 

Wakeman,  Capt.  John 1712 

Wheeler,  David 

Weed,  Jacob 

Wells,  Mercy. 

Wheeler,  Anne 1731 

Wakeley,  Prudence 1731 

Wakeley,  Jacob. 1732,  1736 

Wilson,  Daniel 1732 

Wilson,  Nathaniel 1732 

Warden,  Thomas 1732,  1733 

Wheeler,  Judith  Ann 

Wheeler,  Jonathan 1732 

Walker,  Peter 

Wheeler,  Elizabeth 

Walker,  Mary. 

Wells,  Abigail. 

Wheeler,    Lieut 1734 

Wakeley  Zebulon 1734 

Webb,  Joseph 

White,  Rev.  Ebenezer 

Wheeler,  David 

Wilson,  Noah 

Wells,  Jedidiah 

Wells,  David. 1751 

Wakeley,  Sarah 

Wilson,   Elizabeth 

Wheeler,  Jabez --- 1751 

Wilson,  Sarah? 

Wheeler,  Sarah 1772,  1776 

Wheeler,  Ephraim 

Wheeler,  Ann.. 

Wilson,  John,  Jr 

Wheeler,  Timothy 

Wakeley,  Sarah 

Wakeley,  Clark 

Wells, 

Wheeler,  Zachariah 


1776 
1776 

1798 
1782 

1788 

1793 

1801 

1808,  CB.  47 


1824,  cz.  42 

1831, a.  24 

1838 

1703 


1731,  a,  23 


1767.  ^'  55 


1777 


1771,  ce.  26 

1774 
1775 
1776,  ce.  29 
1776 
1781 
1788 
1788 
1789 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Hezekiah. 
w.  of  Samuel. 


w.  of  Samuel. 


w.  of  Josiah. 
wid.  of  Samuel. 


w.  of  ■ 


w.  of  Dr.  N. 


tn.  1698,  Rev.  Charles  Chauncey. 

[Chauncey. 
dau.  of  Samuel ;  in.  1722,  Robert 
•wid.  of . 

m.  1717,  Esther  Nichols. 
m.  1718,  Eleanor  Frost. 

ni.  Samuel  Cable. 

m.  Joseph  Edwards. 

m.  1735,  Anne  Trowbridge. 


m.  1732,  Samuel  Odell. 

m.  1733,  Mary  Stanley. 

m.  1733,  Ezra  Dibble. 

^^-  1733-  Serj't  John  Sherwood. 

m.  i'J2>3>  Samuel  Prince. 


m.  1736,  Elizabeth  Starr. 
m.  1736,  Mrs.  Mary  Moss. 
m.  1749,  Lois  Chauncey. 
m.  1750,  Sarah  Silliman. 
;«.  1750,  Line  French. 
m.  Ruth  Burrows. 
m.  1751,  Stephen  Treadwell. 
m.  1751,  Thaddeus  Bennett. 

w.  of  James. 

dau.  of  Benjamin  ;  m.  Ezra  Kirtland, 

[Jr. 
dau.  of  John. 
s.  of  Robert  and  Catharine. 

w.  of  Lieut.  Samuel. 

w.  of  David. 


—193— 


Name. 


Year  of 
Mention. 


Wakeley,  Jonathan 

Wakele}',  Abel 

Wilson,  Eleanor  (Lacey) — 

Wheeler.  Abigail  ? 

Wing,  Charles 1796 

Wing, 


Whitmore,  Robert  W 1796 

Wheeler,  Abigail  (Odell?) 

Wakeley,  Isaac 

Wakeley,  Tabitha 

Wheeler,Dorothy  (Sherman) 

Waistcoat,  Tiba  — - 

Wheeler,  Eunice 

Wells,  Frederick 

Worden,  Anna  (Odell) 

Walker,  Joseph 1805 

Wakeley,  Mary 

Woolsey,   Maj.  Benj.  M.  .. 

Wilson,  Robert 

Wakeley,  Sally 

Wells,  Mehitable 

Wheeler,  Samuel 

Wheeler,  Tuttle 

Whiting,  William 

Whiting,  John.. 

Wagner,  George 

Wakeley,  Walker 

Whiting,  Mary 

Whiting, 


Wilson,  Eleanor .. 

Worden,  William _  1824 

Worden,  Elmer 

Wells,  Stephen .. 

Wilson,  Rhoda __   .. 

Woolse3\  Hannah -   .. 

Wilson,  Summers .. 

Wakeley,  Grace .. 

Wells,  Jedidiah .. 

Wells,  Mary 

Wade,  Stephen 

Wakeley,  Charles .. 

Wilson,  Silliman .. 

Wells,  Hannah .. 


Young,  Joseph  - _. 

Young,  Mary .. 

Young,  Daniel 1797 

Young,  Jesse 

Young,  Daniel,  Jr 1800 


Death. 


1790,  a.  47 

1793 
1795,^.  27 

1795 
1796 

1798,  CB.   40 

1798 

1800 
1800,  «.  87 

1800 

1804 

1804 

1805 

1809,  ce.  78 
1813,  ce.  55 

1813,  ce.  57 
1813 

18 14,  ce.  90 

I8I9,  CB.   58 
1820 

1821,  ce.  57 

1822,  ce.  73 
1822 
1823 

1823,  (B.   74 
1824 
1824 

1831,  ce.  48 

1824,  CB.  28 

1825,  ce.  70 
1825,  CB.  57 

1825,  ce.  64 

1826,  a.  22 

1826,  CB.  74 

1827,  CB.  75 

1827,  CB.  69 
1827,  CE.   25 

1827,  CB.  35 
1833,  ce.  68 
1838,  ce.  84 

1785 
1786 
1800 
1798 
1803 


Remarks. 


dau.  of  Benjamin  ;  w.  of  Amos. 
w.  of  Hezekiah. 


w.  of  Charles. 
wid.  of  William  ? 


wid.  of . 

wid.  of  John ;  dau.  of  Dea.  David. 


dau.  of  Samuel  ;  -w.  of  Capt.  Wm. 


wid.  of  John. 
w.  of  Samuel. 


in.  Mary 
wid.  of  — 


wid.  of  Stephen. 


dau.  of  Jedidiah. 
wid.  of . 


13 


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NAMES    OF    MEMBERS    OF    THE    PARISH, 

Pew-holders  and  others  not  known  to  be  Church  Members^  mentioned  in  the 
records  of  the  First  Society  of  Bridgeport^  Co?in.,  i6g3  to  iSpS- 


"Undoubtedly  besides  these  members  in  full  communion,  the  other  heads  of 
families  in  the  settlement  were  most  or  all  of  them  associated  with  the  church 
under  'the  half-way  covenant,'  conformably  to  the  practice  of  the  churches  of  the 
colony  generally,  at  that  time  —  a  practice  continued  in  this  church  until  within  the 
present  century." — Palmer's  Hist.  First  Church. 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Angevine,  Zachariah _ 1754 

(janitor  1736),  salary  £z.  loj.  4^., 

d.  1779- 

Abell.  Elijah 1788 

Allen,  James,  2d 1811,  1814 

Adams,  A.  H 1820 

Allen,  Justus,  d.  1863,  a.  63. 

Atwater,  Merritt 1846 

Andrews,  E 1846 

Ames,  Dyer --1856,  1857 

Ainsley,  J 1868 

Allen,  Frank  C .1879,  1882 

Anderson,  John  Joseph 1890 

Burr,  Nathaniel,  Sr 1698 

Bennett,  Samuel. 1706 

Beardsley,  Sarah 1710 

Bennett,  John 1712 

bap.  1704,  s.  of  James  and  Sarah. 

Burton,  John 1748 

Bennett,  Nehemiah —  1754 

Beers,  Nathaniel 1754 

Burr,  James 1754 

Burton,  Solomon. 1748,  I754 

Bennett,  Capt.  Thaddeus .-.  1754 

d.  after  1777,  m.  Elizabeth  Wil- 
son 1751. 
Burr,  Justus 1765 

t?i.  Hephzibah  Nichols  ;  d.  1766,  tz. 

32,  s.  of  Col.  John 

Beardsley,  Andrew 1767 

Burr,  Ozias 1770 

d.  1836  cB.  98,  J.  of  Col.  John. 

Bangs,  Lemuel 1770,  1786 

Burroughs,  Edward 1771,  1797 

bap.  1732,  s.  of  Stephen. 
Burroughs,  Capt.  Stephen  — 1772 

h.  1729,  d.  1817,  (Z.  88? 

Burritt,  Elijah,  a'.  1841,  <^.  98 1776 

Booth,  Samuel 1778,  1789 

Beardsley,  Ensign  Abijah,  bap.  1750, 

d.  1789,  (E.  40,  m.  Drusilla,  ^^M.  of 

David  Sherman,  she  d.    1839,  ce. 

87  ;  s.  of  Robert. 


Names.  Year  of  Men 

Brothwell,  Benjamin,  s.  of  Joseph 

Benedict,  Thaddeus,  </.  1799,  ^.  51 

Botsf ord,    Francis  ? 1 797, 

Benedict,  William 

Burroughs,  Edmund  (Edward  ?) 

Barker,  Esq 

Benedict,  Jesse,  d.  1815 

Backus,  Simon 

Burroughs,  Capt.  Stephen,  Jr.  ..1797, 

Benjamin,  Barzillai 

Beardsley,  Anson 

Beach ,  Caleb 

Baldwin,  Simeon 

Beach,  Barnum 1810, 

Brooks,  Joseph _ _ 

Blackman,  N athan 

Burr,  Henry,  d.  1822,  ts.  32 

Benjamin,  Meigs 

Beard,  Daniel 

Bouton,  Chauncey ..1818, 

Baldwin,  Capt.  Eliadia. 1815, 

Beardsley,  Abijah. 1820, 

Booth,  Roswell 

Baldwin,  Brinsmade 

Benedict,  E.  B 

Bradley,  Enos. 

Black,  Alexander 1826, 

Bassett,  Freeman  C.   1827, 

Bassett,  James 

Bartram,  Capt.  Thomas 1834, 

Betts,  Coley  E 

Brooks,  Cornelius 

Bunnell,  William 

Botsford,  Cyrus 

Bartlett,  Louisa 

Bray,  Judson 

Beach,  Sheldon 

Burr,  Henr}' 

Beers,  Widow. 1840, 

Beach,  Mary  (Widow) 1841, 

Barnum,  Philo  F 1844, 

Blake,  Edgar 

Burr,  Horace 

Billings,  John  L. 1856, 


796 
800 
803 
803 
804 
804 
808 
S24 
808 
808 
809 
809 
817 
810 
810 
814 
814 

815 
824 
821 
850 
822 
823 
823 
824 

835 
856 
828 
837 
834 
834 
834 
S35 
835 
835 
840 
840 
844 
850 
856 
844 
850 
869 


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Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Beardslev,  Henry  N 1856.  1875 

Blunt,  W -   1856 

Birdseye,  E.  2d 1856 

Benham,  J.  H 1856,  1857 

Blank,  A.  Edward 1856,  1861 

Baker,  Dr.  E. 1S57,  1863 

Botsford,  H.  H 1857,  1861 

Birdseye,  N.  D 1857 

Beach,  George  E ...1861,  1869 

Bartlett.  T.. 1861 

Barker,  R.  R... 1863 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Eunice 1863 

Blakeman,  B 1863 

Brooks,  W,  E 1874 

Beach,  John  M 1874 

Banks,  Edwin 1874 

Burton,  Silas 1874 

Bullock,  J.  M 1874,  1875 

Blush  W.  C,  Janitor.. ...1884,  1886 

Birdseye,  Frank 1886 

Burr,  Ebenezer 1886 

Barri,  John  A 1886 

Bullard,  W.  H 1886,  1889 

Brooks,  Mrs.  E.  E 1889 

Briggs,  Warren  R 1890 

Banks,  John  W. 1894 

Curtis,  Joseph _  1706 

Cooper,  Robert  — 1706 

Chambers,  Thomas — 1716,  1719 

Crawford,  Quintin 1713,  17 19 

Cooke,  Esther 1724 

Cooke,   John,  b.  1715,  d.  1813,   s.  of 

Rev.  Samuel 

Cable,  Widow  Rebecca, 1771 

d.  1 799,  (^.  80,  wid.  of  Andrew. 

Chapman,  Joshua 1801 

Couch,  Nash 1809 

Cooke,  Joseph  P.. 1809 

Clark,  Joseph 1810,  1825 

Curtiss,  Matthew 1811 

Curtiss,  Eli 1811 

Crocker,  John  A 1814 

Clark,  Eliza 1815 

Cable,  Richard i8ig 

Curtiss,  Andrew 1824 

Cooke,  Horace 1834 

Crane,  Ambrose 1844,  1846 

Chesney,  Samuel  M -1850,  1856 

Clark,  Elijah 1856,  1857 

Chapin,  Walter  E 1861 

Childs,  C.  M 1868 

Cogswell,  Henry  C 1853 

Canfield,  Charles  Stewart 1879 

Corbusier,  A.  B.. 1886 

Chittenden,  E.  D 1886 

Dickinson,  Nathaniel 1754 

DeForest,  Charles _ 1824 

Davis,  S.  A 1850 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Dunlap,  J.  J 1856,  1868 

DeMartin,  J 1856 

Davenport,  Daniel 1884 

DeForest,  Marcus 1875 

Edwards,  Isaac 1788 

Eaton,  William 1795.  1844 

Ells,  Nathaniel 1798 

Edmonds,  William 1809 

Edgerton,  Eleazar 1811,  1835 

Eells,  Waterman 1815 

Edwards,  Benjamin 1840  1849? 

Ellis,  M.  N 1868 

Elliott,  A 1868,  1874 

Edmonds,  George  B. 1886 

Fairchild,  Zachary 1698,  1701 

Fairchild,  Hannah,  Jr 1697,  1706 

Fairchild,  Ebenezer 1710 

French,  Ebenezer _ -1732,  1754 

bap.  1699,  s.  of  Samuel. 

Fairchild,  Stephen _. 1755 

Fairchild,  Ephraim 1756 

French,  Benoni 1782 

s.  of  Samuel,  d.  1823,  ce.  85. 
French,  Gamaliel 1754,  1788 

bap.  1706?  d.  1783. 
French,  Gamaliel,  Jr.,  d.  1828,  <z.  72. .1788  ? 
French,  Samuel _ 1801 

bap.  1734,  s.  of  Ebenezer? 

French,  Capt.  Joseph 1809,  1838 

Farnam,  Samuel 1810 

French,  William 1818,  1845,  1857 

French,  James  R.,  d.  1835,^.  83. .1803,  1821 

French,  Simeon . 1828 

French,  Wheeler,  Jr.,  d.  1879. 

Fayerweather,  William 1843 

Ferrin,  Sidney 1847 

Fowler,  Anderson 1850 

Fa)'erweather,  G.  M. 1856 

Fayerweather,  Betsey 1857 

Fuller,  John  E 1868 

Fairchild,  Daniel 1886 

Gregory,  Enoch... 1733,  1753 

bap.  1707,  d.  1776,  s.  of  Samuel. 

Gregory,  Seth 1760,  1772 

Gregory,  Thaddeus,  Jr. 1767,  1798 

Grey,  Ruel 1785,  1788 

Gibbs,  David 1811 

Gill,  Charles 1825 

Griffith,  Theodore 1842 

Gray,  James  W 1856,  1857 

Glenn,  M 1868 

Gilbert, 1874 

Griswold,  George  W, 1893 

Hawley,  Samuel 1700,  1723 

Hendricks,  Samuel 1704 

Hendricks,  Phebe 1704 


— 196- 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Hall,  Isaac,  Sr 1695,  1706,  1712? 

Havvley,  Thomas,  Jr 1706 

Hall,  Jonathan 1706,  1717 

Hull,  Hannah -..   1706 

Hubbell,  Joseph 1706,  1732 

hap.  1702,  d.  bef.  1778. 

Hinman,  Edward ..1704,  1716 

Hall,  James... 1710 

Hall,  Isaac,  Jr... 1695,  1711 

Hubbell,  Samuel,  Jr 1713,  1719 

Hutchinson,  Aaron 1747 

Hawley,  Samuel,  d.  1749,  cb.  31 1748 

Hall,  Ebenezer,  d.  after  1778  ...1749,  1759 

Holberton,  Widow  Mary,  d.  1788 1752 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Gershom 1754,  1758 

Hubbell,  Nehemiah 1750,  1759 

Hubbell,  Benjamin 1761 

bap.  1717,  d.  1793,  CB.  76,  J.  of  John? 

or  Dea.  Richard,  Jr. 
Hubbell,  Gideon, 1762,   1785 

bap.   1 73 1,    d.    1806,  CB.   76,   s.   of 

Capt.  Daniel. 
Hawley,  Maj.  Aaron... 1764,  1796 

d.  T803,  (B.  63. 

Hunt,  Isaac,  d.  1770 1764 

Hall,  John 1764 

bap.  1717  ?  d.  1791,  s.  of  John? 
Hawley,  Woolcot 1765,  1795 

d.  1799,  CB.  62,  wife  d.  1799. 

Hawle)r,  Ezra,  d.  1796,  cb.  50 1769 

Havvley,  Thomas 1776 

bap.    1735  ?   d.    1797,   ce.    59,   s.   of 

Ezra? 

Hubbell,  Abraham,  d.  17S3 1779 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Amos 1775 

First  Warden  of  the  Borough,  d. 

July  2,  1801,  CB.  55,  s.  of  Richard, 

Jr. 
Hubbell,  Capt.  Asa 1788 

d.  July  5,  1801,  CB.  55. 
Hubbell,  James 1791 

d.  1827,  (B.  -JO?  s.  of  Aaron? 

Hubbell,  Capt.  Salmon 1791 

Hubbell,  Amos,  Jr.,  d.  1798,  cz.  18  ...   1797 

Hawley,  Amos 1797 

Hubbell,  John,  d.  1808,  a.  63 1799 

Havvley,  Joseph 1800 

Hubbell,  Ezra,  d.  1801. 

Hubbell,  Thaddeus 1794,  1802 

Hawley,  Ebenezer 1776,  1803 

Hawley,  Capt.  Samuel 1792,  1805 

bap.  1751,  d.  1821,  s.  of  Ezra. 

Hull,  W.  L.  (W.  B.?) 1806,  1808 

Hubbell,  Onesimus _ .-  1809 

bap.  1732?  1755?  s.  of  Joseph  or 

Daniel. 
Hubbell,  Charles  Benj.,  1810,1825,1834,1869 

s.  of  Amos. 

Hubbell,  Nathaniel  1 i8ir 

Hubbell,  Benjamin 1811 


Names.  Year  of  Mention 

Hubbell,  Lemuel 

Hatch,  Capt.  Daniel 

Hubbell,  David,  Jr., a'.  1830, ^.65.1811, 

Hubbell,  Solomon 

Hawley,  Munson 

Hubbell,  Alfred 1826, 

Hamlin,  Alanson 1827, 

Hubbell,  Alexander 

Humiston.  Nathaniel 

Higgins,  Polly 

Hathaway,  Capt 1838, 

Hawley,  Gurdon 1839, 

Hutchins,  Thomas 1839, 

Hubbell,  Merritt. 1839, 

Higgins,  Amos 1844,- 

Hubbell,  Edward 

Hubbell,  George  A... 

Hubbell,  David 

Hopkins,  L.  M 

Hall,  C.  B 

Hall,  Polly  J.- 1856, 

Hopkins,  Alfred,  d.  1894 

Hubbell,  George  W. 

Hubbell,  Laura _. 1861, 

Hubbell,  George  H 1868, 

House,  Henry  A 

Hawley,  Marcus  C. 

Horr,  William  L. 

House,  James  A. 

Hill,W.  B 

Hunter,  Samuel  S 

Hall,  Mrs.  S.  B 

Hall,  F.  S 

Hyde,  Miss  Mary 

Hawley,  Jane  M 

Hubbell,  Mrs.  George  H 1886, 

Hughes,  Frank  J 

Hart,  W.  E... 

Havens,  George  O. 

Hopson,  William  R. 

Hawley,  Alexander, . 

Ives,  Francis,  d.  Jan.  27,  1895,(2'.  77.. 

Jackson,  Daniel .1708, 

Jackson,  Samuel 1695, 

Judson,  John — 

Jackson, Isaac 

bap.  1712,  d.  1777?  s.  of  Henry. 

Jennings,  Elijah 

Jennings,  Eliphalet 

d.  1839,  (B.  85,  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of 

Rev.  Robert  Ross. 

Judson,  Harry. 

Jennings,  Robert  R.,  j.  of  Eliphalet.  . 

Judson,  Jeremiah -1837, 

Johnson,  George 1840, 

Jameson,  G 

Judson,  Mrs.  F.  J 

Joy,  Misses 


818 
821 
821 
823 
824 
827 
834 
835 
835 
837 
841 

845 
840 
840 
861 

847 
847 
850 
850 
850 

857 
856 

857 
875 
869 
868 


868 
874 
874 
874 
875 
882 
886 

893 

886 


893 
893 

850 

734 
709 
710 
746 

788 
795 


828 
828 
846 
841 
868 
874 
887 


—197— 


•    Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Kimberly,  Eleazar 1699 

Kind,  Arthur 1700 

Knapp,  Mary,  d.  Nov.  23.... 1711 

Kirtland,  Ezra. ..1759,  1772,  1790 

ni.  Olive,  dau,  of  Zabulon  Wake- 
ley,  d.  1800,  cz.  70. 

Knapp,  James,  d.  1798,  ce.  74 1778 

Kellogg,  Jervis 1800 

Kirtland,  Wheeler 1803 

King,  William 1812 

Knapp,  Ephraim,  d.  1831 1813,   1825 

Knapp,  Joseph -.1828,   1847 

Kimball,  M 1843 

Kiefer,  Jacob  L 1856,  1857 

Kellogg,W.  F... 1856 

Keeler,  Frank 1874,   1875 

Kensett,  Mrs.  Sarah  A 1874 

Keeler,  Walter  F 1875 

Knapp,  Howard  H. 1890 

Leads,  Gary 1708 

Lane,  Charles 17 10 

Lane,  Johannah 1710 

Loring,  Nehemiah 1714 

Lacey,  David,  bap.  1753,  d.  1803,  s.  of 

John. 

Lacey,  Edward,  Jr 1750,   1755 

Lamson,  Joseph I745,  I755 

d.  1773,  Missionary  Ch.  of  Eng. 

Lacey,  Widow  Hannah.- I759 

Lacey,  Benjamin,  d.  1784,  ce.  45.1765,  1772 

Lyons,  Robert 1789 

Lewis,  Abel 1791 

Lacey,  Eleazar I795i  1825 

Lewis,  Robert I797 

Lockwood,  Samuel 1799 

Lewis,  Daniel,  m.  Hulda 1814 

Lewis,  Roswell, 1820 

Linsley,  Benjamin  D 1823 

Lyon,  Levi 1823,  1824,  1843 

Lewis,  Joseph  C 1828,  1835 

Lane,  Joseph 1844,  ^^845 

Lyon,  William  H. 1850 

Lewis,  William  A 1856,  1857 

Lewis,  E.  A. 1S56 

LaMonte,  Mrs 1857 

Lindley,  N.  H 1861,  1863 

Livingston,  A.  P 1861 

Lewis,  Miss 1861 

Little,  J 1868 

Lewis,  W.  W. 1874 

Lewis,  H.  William,  janitor 1882 

Lyon,  Miss  Louise 1886 

Lyon,  F.  C 1886 

Lockwood,  Frederick  J. t886,   1894 

Lyon,  Mrs.  E.  H ..1886,  1S93 

Lewis,  Mrs.  C.  B.. 1889 

Lyon,  Willis  S 1892,  1893 

Maclen,  Jacob 1700 

Morehouse,  David 1707 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Morehouse,  Samuel,  Sr 1708,  1714 

Mitchell,  Widow 1759 

Messer,  Daniel 1798 

Mosher,  Daniel  S. 1799 

Morehouse,  Edward 1805 

Munn,  Isaac,  d.  1817,  cb.  37 1806 

May,  Major  Henry 1808,  1814,  1829 

Marvine,  Matthew 1809 

May,  Joseph 1810,  1828 

May,  Sylvester. 1822,  1826 

Munson,  Sherlock,  d.  1825,  ce.  27. 

Moore,  Luther 1827 

Matthews,  or  Martha,  Titus  C...1827,  1856 

Milne,  Robert 1834,  1845 

Merhwal,  Oliver 1835 

Messerole,  J.  B 1840,  1842 

Morris,   Dwight 1841,  1894 

Moore,  Edward.. 1841,  1843,  1844 

McGrath,  William.. 1846,  1850 

Marsh,  Edgar 1850 

McGregor,  Richard 1850 

McNeil,  John 1852 

Morgan,  George 1857,  1863 

Murphy,  N.  L 1863 

Martin,  Mrs 1868 

Morris,  John _ 1875 

Mason,  Frederick  A. 1886,   1891 

Middlebrook,  Mrs.  Stiles  M 18S6 

Meeker,  Edward  F 1893 

Manchester,  J.  A.,  janitor 1893 

McEwen,  Mrs 1893,  1894 

Nickleson,  James.. 1702 

Nichols,  Richard 1708,  1732 

Nichols,  Ezra 1762 

Nichols,  Silas 1762 

Nichols,  John,  d.  1785 1780 

Nichols,  John,  Jr.,  d.  i8oi,  a.  57 1783 

Nichols,  Elijah 180S 

Nichols,  Charles  L 1824,   1828 

Norman,  Peter,  d.  1894 1843,  1857 

Noyes,  William.. 1850 

Nickerson,  Samuel 1863 

Nichols,  C.  L... 1868 

Near,  John  N... ^ 1870 

Nash,  Andrew  E ..1870,  1880 

Norton,  Dr. 1874 

Nash,  Jesse  S 1870 

Nichols,  Walter 1886 

Nettleton,  W.  A 1886 

Noble,  George  B.._ 1890 

Odell,  Nehemiah  Smith 1765 

bap.  1733,  d.  1772,  s.  of  William. 

Odell,  John,  bap.  1710  ?  s.  of  Samuel  ?  1779 

Oviatt,  Daniel  B 1810 

Olmstead,  Ashbel,  d.  1825,  cz.  42 1810 

Oram,  James  D.  .. 1839 

Olmstead,  George 1850 

Orcutt,  Rev.  Samuel 1888 


■198— 


Names. 


Year  of  Mention. 
705 
755 
762 

779 
811 
796 


Phippeny,  Joseph 1702, 

Patchen,  Samuel,  d.  1776. 1731. 

Peet,  Daniel 

Patterson,  Andrew -1777, 

Peet,  William 178S, 

Peet.  Elijah 

d.  1841,  cz.  81,  ;«.  Anna . 

Peabody,  William  H.,  d.  1832 

Porter,  Samuel 1804,  1805, 

m.  Abiah  Hubbell. 

Peck,  Ira 1809,  1818, 

Pilgrim,  Benjamin 

Perr)^  Burr 

Pixley,  Agur 

Porter,  Edwin 1827, 

Piatt,  Moses 1838, 

Pearsall,  Daniel 1839, 

Peck,  Eliza 1838, 

Pearsall,  Mrs. 

Place,  Benajah 1842, 

Peck,  David  K.,  d.  1894 

Preston,  James 

Piatt,  Miss 

Peet,  Orville  H 

Prindle,  I.  H 

Patterson,  S.  C 

Peet,  Charles  H 

Pettit,  Isaac  O 1857, 

Patchin,  William  T 1861, 

Perry,  William  H ..1861, 

Pitis,  Philander,  janitor 

Painter,  William ._ 

Parmlee,  Eleazar -1874, 

Parrott,  Frederick  W.,  2d 

Parker,  Mrs.  E.  M 1882, 

Plumb,  Hanford  C 

Phillips,  Dr.  A.  N 

Parrott,  Harry 

Rogers,  William  (schoolmaster) 

Rowland,  Edmond 

Ripley,  Hezekiah 1808, 

Roberts,  William,  Jr 

Rowland,  Sherman 

Raymond,  Hawley  S 

Rood,  Edwin 1840, 

Rowland,  George  M 

Rand,  C.  F 1872, 

Rogers,  Noah 

Richardson,  George  W. 

Rockwell,  William  G.. 

Silliman,  David.. 

San  ford,  El  nathan 

Squier,  Samuel 

Seeley,  John 1697, 

Sherman,  Matthew,  Jr 

Summers,  Thomas 

Sherman,  Capt.  David,  Jr.,  s.  of  Capt. 
David,  3d.  m.  Mary  Sterling,  dau. 


798 
83S 

846 
826 
826 
827 
829 
863 
840 
840 
841 
843 
843 
849 
850 
850 
850 
856 
856 
868 
863 
863 
858 
863 

875 
880 
884 
886 
886 
893 

7" 

759 
810 
810 
814 
837 
844 
868 

874 
875 
886 


698 
698 
698 
707 
703 
710 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

of   Stephen   and    Eunice    (Sum- 
mers,) d.  1771,  (Z.  35,  she  d.  1765, 

^.  25. 
Summers,  Daniel 1745.  ^754 

m.  Eunice ,  d.  1789? 

Summers,  Jabez,  d.  1801,  /z.  80,. .1746,  1750 

Sherwood,  Thomas 1750,  1753 

Sanford,  Ebenezer 1757 

Sterling,  Sergt.  Stephen 1754.   1758 

s.    of  Jacob   and   Hannah  Odell 

(Seele)'),  d.  1793,  <^.  81,  m.  Eunice 

Summers. 

Sherman,  Roger 1761 

Sherwood,  David 1762 

i>ap.  1734,  d.  1763,  s.  of  Nathaniel. 
Seeley,  Hezekiah 1763 

m.  1750,  Johannah  Beardsley. 

Sherwood,  Samuel,  Jr 1765 

Sherwood,  Samuel,  3d. 1766 

Sanford,  Ezekiel 1766 

Seeley,  Elnathan 1768,  1795 

Seeley,  Seth,  Jr 1769,  1772,  iSoo 

Sterling,  Capt.  Abijah 1767,  1795 

m.  Esther  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Sher- 
wood, s.  of  Stephen  and  Eunice 

(Summers.)  d.  1802,  (Z.  56. 
Smith,  Jonathan,  d.  1810,  ce.  72. .1775,   1781 
Seeley,  Ezra 1775 

w.  Mary ,  d.  1827,  cb.  Si. 

Sa3^re,  John,  Missionary  Ch.  of  Eng.-   1775 

Sherman,  Thomas 1776 

Sherwood,  Capt.  Samuel,  2d 1779 

dap.   1732,   d.    1802,    ce.    71,    s.    of 

Nathaniel. 
Sterling,  Stephen,  Jr 17S2 

it7p.  1754,  d.  1797,  a.  43. 
Sherman,  Capt.  David,  4th 1783 

s.  of  Capt.  D.  3d,  d.  August  22, 

1810,  a:.  55. 

Summers,  Aaron,  d.  1826,  ^.  82? 1783 

Summers,  Samuel 1770,  1785 

d.  1810,  ce.  74,  m.  Mary . 

Summers,  Abijah 1785,  1788 

Sherman,  Ebenezer 1789,   1806 

s.  of  Elnathan,  d.  1819,  tz.  62. 
Sherwood,  Philemon 1792,  1799 

m.  Hephzibah,a'aM.  of  Justus  Burr, 

d.  1835,  ,:v.  76. 

Stevenson,  TertuUus,  m,  Sarah ^797 

Sturgis,  Levi 1799 

Sterling,  Sherman 1799 

Sherwood,  David,  a'.  1826, <».  72.-179S,  1799 
Sterling,  Sherwood I799.  1866 

s.  of  David  and  Deborah. 
Strong,  John .iSoi,  1S21 

J.  of  Joseph,  d.  1822,  <^.  54. 

Scofield,  Jesse 1802 

Sherman,  Capt.  Stephen 1S03 

Summers,  Elnathan 1793.  1803,  1826? 

d.  1831,  ce.  85. 


—  199— 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Seeley,  Jesse,  d.  r822,  ce.  39 1806 

Southward,  Robert 1808 

Sherman,  Abijah 180S 

d.  1831,  a.  65,  s.  of  Elnathan. 

Silliman,  Levi 1808 

Sherman,  Widow  Mary 1808 

Seeley,  James 1811,  1823 

Shepard,  Charles _-.   1815 

Skinner,  Nathaniel  L 1815,  1825 

d.  1826,  ce.  40. 

Symes,  Robert -  1818 

Snow,  John 1819 

Sherman,  Ira,  s.  of  Silas  .^1820,  1836,  1868 

Sturges,  Peter 1824 

Stillman,  Benjamin 1834 

Seeley,  D.  V 1835 

Sterling,  David 1837,  1839 

Summers,  David 1837,  1838 

Scott,  Albert 1839 

Stevenson,  William  G 1841,  1880 

Sterling,  David,  Jr 1842 

Stevens,  John 1844 

Sanford,  Daniel 1845 

Stovve,  Jirah 1845,  1846 

Solly,  George 1847 

Smith,  Chauncey.. 1850,  1857 

Stevens,  Mrs.  Henry 1850 

Smith,  Aaron  B 1850 

Sterling,  Daniel  H 1850,  1876 

Sherwood,  Mary 1856,  1863 

Stillman,  Mrs.  W 1856,  1861 

Spooner,  Clapp 1856,   1863 

Sterling,  Woolsey  G --1856,  1863 

Sherman,  Starr 1857 

Squire,  Henry  W 1861 

Sharp,  Jacob  ._ 1861 

Sherwood,  Charles  P 1861 

Sanborn,  Anson 1861 

Sturdevant,  Henry  N. 1863 

Stevens,  J.  G 1868 

Stillman,  William  M 1868,  1875 

b.  1820,  d.  1891. 

St.  John,  G.  A 1868 

Sherwood,  William 1868 

Sterling,  Julian  H.. 1870 

Sibley,  John  L.  B 1870,  1880 

Sherwood,  David  W 1873,  1875 

Stevens,  C.  H 1874 

Sterling,  John  H 1870,  1880 

Sprague,  Arthur  J 1886 

Shattuck,  M.  L.  P 1888 

Smith,  William  E 1890 

Sawyer,  Walter  W. 1893 

Stevens,  Mrs.  H.  W. 1893 

Ta)'lor,  Jonathan 1703 

Treadwell,  Joshua 1709,  1716 

Treadwell,  David 1724 

bap.  1698,  s.  of  Samuel. 

Taylor,  Baruch,  d.  1782 1776 


Names,  Year  of  Mention. 

Tweedy,  Reuben 1793,  1795 

Treadwell,  Robert 1804 

Tuttle,  Johnson. 1810,  1826 

Tuite,  John 1811 

Thorp,  Ephraim 1811 

Thorp,  Beers 1815 

Thompson,  Lewis 1819 

Treat,  Isaac 1825 

Treadwell,  David 1828 

Taylor,  O.  P 1845,  1850 

Treat,  Amos  S.,  d.  1886 ..i86r,  1880 

Trubee,  William  E 1863 

Trulock,  Mrs.  Amanda 1868 

Turney,  Mrs.  S.  A 1868 

Thompson,  William,  janitor 1890 

Uiford,  David,  aT.  1820.. 1819 

VanSycle,  Lewis 1874,  1875 

Wilcox.  Jacob 1700 

Whelply,  Joseph 1704 

Wakeman,  John 1706 

Wheeler,  Ephraim 1697,  1707 

Wheeler,  John 1747.  I775 

bap.  1710,  d.  1800,  CB.  87,  m.  Doro- 
thy   ,  who  d.  1790  ;  s.  of  Dr. 

John,  the  schoolmaster. 

Wakeley,  Jonathan,  Jr. 1732,   1749 

bap.  1706,  d.  1800? 

Wakeley,  Capt.  Samuel 1759 

bap.  171 1?  d.  1782,  J.  of  Joseph  ? 

Wheeler,  Hezekiah 1766,  1795 

bap.  1732,  m.  Abigail ,  d.  1809, 

ce.  86,  s.  of  Timothy. 

Whittemore,  Samuel 1798,  1815 

Wetmore,  Robert  W 1800 

Woodward,  Thomas 1808 

Whiting,  Samuel,  d.  1824,  <^.  42 1809 

Wordin,  Thomas  Cook 1809,  1852 

b.  \l'i>-i,  s.  of  William,  Jr. 

Winton,  Maj.  James 1811,  1814? 

Wheeler,  Ira  B ._ 1811,  1843 

Wheeler,  Tuttle 1S15 

Wheeler,  Daniel  O 181S 

Wetmore,  Thomas 1819 

Wheeler,  Benjamin 1823,  1856 

Wheeler,  Ezra 1811,  1823 

Wallis,  Abijah 1823 

Wood,  Joseph 1826 

Willard, 1826 

Wickes,  Capt.  E. 1834 

Wheeler,  David 1835,  1856 

Woodruff,  T. 1837,  1840 

Wordin,  Samuel  W 1837 

Wilson,  Mrs. 1842,  1849 

Wilmot,  Alexander 1842 

Wells,  Edwin 1844 

Weed,  Joseph  B 1844,  1856 

Wood,  Sherman ..1845,  1846 


-200 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

Weed,  Granville 1850 

Wales,  Henry 1856,  1857 

Walling,  T.  C .-..   1856 

Wheeler,  Ezra 1856,  1857 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Ira  B .1856,  1857 

Wakeley,  Sidney  L.' 1857 

Wheeler,  Hannah 1856 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  C.  B 1863 

Wales,  Salem  H 1863 

Woodburn, 1863 

Wooster, — _  1867 


Names.  Year  of  Mention. 

White,  E.  P.- 1868 

Wheaton,  George  E 1868,  1876 

Wood,  E.  S 1868 

Whitney,  John  D 1870 

Waldo,  George  C. 1874 

Wilmot,  C.  E... 1882,  1884 

Wilson,  Dr.  F.  M 1886,  1893 

Whitney,  F.  Archibald 1889 

Young,  Isaac 1788 

Young,  Isaac  L. ._ 1842 


— 20I  — 


FULL    LIST    OF    MEMBERS 

Received  since  the  beginning  of  Mr.  Watermmi' s  nmiistry. 

L.  Letter.      P.  Profession.      R.C.  Renewed  Covenant,     dism.  Dismissed,      rem.  Removed. 

exc.  Excommunicated,     m.  Married,     w.  Wife.     wid.  Widow. 

s.  Son.     dau.  Daughter,     a.  Age. 


Name. 


Admission. 


1836 
dism. 
dism. 


1840? 

dism. 
1866 
1862 


Adams,  Hiram 1813      L.  exc.    1828 

Atwell,  Richard 1823 

Atwell,  Anna 1823      L. 

Allen,  Dally... 

Allen,  Dr.  Addis 1830 

Atwell,  Charles. 1831 

Atkinson,  Sarah  — 1831 

Atwell,  Ruth  Ann 1831 

Armstrong,  Clarissa. 

Andrus,  Susan 1832 

Aymar,  Harriet 

Adair,  Margaret 

Andrew,  Jane 1841 

Ames,  Mary  E _ 1855      P. 

Ames,  Charlotte  L 1857      P, 

Allen,  Stephen  T 1858      P. 

Anderson,  Joseph 

Allen,  Virginia  H 1858      P, 

Anderson,  Emily  W.  (Dyer) 1858      P, 

Ayres,  Sarah  C i860      P, 

Ayres,  Cornelius  H 

Adams,  Miss  Mary  L 1861 

Armstrong,  Eunice 1863      L, 

Ayres,  Esther  M 1864      P. 

Ayres,  Clorinda  B. 1864      L. 

Atwater,  Dr.  David  F 1864      L, 

Atwater,  Sarah 1864      L, 

Atwater,  Mary  M 1864      P, 

Ayres,  Lewis  B 1864      L, 

Ayres,  Charles  L.  - 1864      P. 

Aldrich,  Mahala  W 1866      L. 

Aldrich,  Wade  H 

Abernethy,  Elisha  S 1 

Aberneth3%  Charlotte  M 1868      L. 

Atwater,  Charles 1874      P. 

Alvord,  Adelaide 1872      L.; 

Ayres,  Mary  Cornelia 1876      P. 

Adams,  Hannah  Maria  (Hunt)..   1878      L. 

Andrews,  Caroline  (Mygatt) 1884      L. 

Abernethy,  Willard  P 1889      L. 

Anderson,  Percy  Paul. 1890      P. 

Anderson,  Clarence  D 1892      P. 

Burroughs,  Edward bef.  July  1813  R.C. 

Burroughs,  Elizabeth  ..bef.  July  1813  R.C. 


Dismission. 


1868 

dism. 

1883 
1883 
1888 


1882 

1888 


Death. 


1833,^.67 

1826 
1833 


1834 


1872,^.42 
1878 


Remarks. 


from  Danbury. 


w.  of  Richard  ;  fr.  Huntington. 
ivid.  of . 


Missionary  to  Sandwich  Is. 


I.  D.  B.  Hatch,  Jr. 
I,  Charles  Foote,  Jr. 


wid.  of  Stephen  T. 
wid.  of  John  J. 
w.  of  Cornelius  H, 


m.  Cornelius  C.  Bulkley. 

1864,^.  I^wid.  of Tracy. 

m.  Levi  Toucej'. 
w.  of  Lewis  B. 


ce.to 


1891 


w.  of  Dr.  D.  F. 
dau.  of  Dr.  D.  F. 


s.  of  Lewis  B. 
w.  of  Wade  H. 


■w.  of  Elisha  S. 

s.  of  Dr.  D.  F. 

w.  of  Nelson. 

date,  of  Cornelius  H. 

wid.  of  John. 

w.  of  Frank  S. 

s.  of  John. 

s.  of  John  J. 

s.  of  John  J. 


w.  of  Edward. 


— 202- 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission. 


Death. 


Remarks. 


I 


Backus,  Simon... 

Backus,  Alice 

Burroughs,  Polly 
Beach,  Barnum  .. 
Beach,  Betsey 

Bartlett,  John 


Bartlett,  Sally ] 

Beach,  Caleb 

Beach,  Agur ._ 

Beach,  Mary 

Booth,  Rosvvell 

Booth,  Minerva 

Backus,  Huldah 

Baldwin,  Elizabeth 

Baldwin,  Josiah  Brinsmade 

Backus,  Eunice  Alice 

Burroughs,  Pamela 

Burroughs,  Stephen,  2d 

Backus,  Oswald ■] 

Bussy,  Enos 

Benedict,  Epenetus 

Boughton,  Nathaniel 

Benedict,  Ann 

Beardsley,  Sally 

Benedict,  Hulda 

Blake,  Polly 

Beard,  Spencer  Field - 

Burroughs,  Thankful 

Beach,  Elizabeth 

Brisco,  Nathan 

Benedict,  Sarah 

Brown,  Elizabeth  D.. 

Beardsley,  Syrena 

Benton,  Priscilla 

Benjamin,  Mary 

Baldwin,  Nathan 

Bulkley,  John  William 

Baldwin,  Eliza 

Baldwin.  Charlotte 

Bouton,  John  Mills...- 

Burr,  William 

Burr,  Lewis 

Brooks,  John,  Jr. 

Baldwin,  Jennett  Augusta 

Bussey,  Mary 

Brooks,  Maria 

Burr,  Alisia 

Brooks,  Jannett 

Burrows,  Maria 

Baldwin,  Lyman 

Baldwin,  Esther 

Benedict,  Manson 

Burr  Ann  __ 

Bradley,  Elizabeth 


809  R.C, 
809  R.C, 
811  R.C, 
813  R.C. 

813  R.C, 

814  R.C, 

815  P, 

814  R.C, 
.815  P, 
;8i5R.C, 
819  R.C, 
819  P, 
824  R.C, 
824  R.C, 

807 

811 

813—- 

814 

814 

815—- 

815  P. 
838  L, 
815  --- 
815  — - 
815  .... 
815  — - 
815  --.. 
815  — - 
815  — - 

816 

816 

816 

816 

817.— 

817  -.. 

818  .... 

818 

819 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 


821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

822 

824 

824 

824 


IS54 

1830 
1830 

1830 
1826 


1847 

rem. 
rem. 
1830 
1828 
1827 

1859 
rem. 

exc. 
1830 


1830 


1830 
1830 

1830 
1830 


1872,^.87 
1881,^.92 

1886 


1825,^.42 
i845,<?.  82 

1863 

af.  1818 


1849 


1825,^.41 

1828 
1832 


w.  of  Simon. 


■w.  of  Barnum. 


w.  of  John. 


w.  of  Agur. 


w.  of  Roswell. 
w.  of  Joseph. 


w.  of  Simon,  Jr. 
w.  of  Stephen,  Jr. 


entered  the  ministry, 
entered  the  ministry. 


w.  of  Jesse. 
TV.  of  Seeley. 


w.  of  Stiles. 
w.  of  Barnum. 


w.  of  Comfort. 


w.  of  John  M. 
w.  of  Barzillai. 


7u.  of  Eli.  [bury. 

?n, Hubbell  ;  rem.  to  Sims- 


w.  of  Josiah  B. 
w.  of  Enos. 
w.  of  John,  Jr. 


French. 


from  Trumbull. 

entered  the  ministry. 

w.  of  William  ;  from  Wilton. 

w.  of  Enos. 


-203— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Brown,  Sally 1827      P. 

Basset,  Ann  Eliza 1827       P, 

Basset,  Louisa 1827       P. 

Baker,  Caroline.-.- 1827      P. 

Bartram,  Urana -   1828       L. 

Bateman,  Helen 1828      L. 

Blank,  Susan  Palmer 1828      P. 

Bliss,  Betsey 1828      P. 

Backus,  Jennett bef.  1826 

Beach,  Eliza 1821 

Bolen.  Mary bef.  1826 

Benedict,  Alanson.. _.bef.  1826 

Brown,  Mary  E bef.  1830 

Betts,  James 1828 

Betts,  Esther 1828 

Blatchford,  Rev.  John 1830 

Blatchford,  Frances 1830 

Beach,  Elizabeth 1821      P. 

Bartlett,  Julia 1831 

Beardsley,  Hiram 1831   

Baker,  Jesse 1831 

Blakeman,  Abijah 1831 

Betts,  James  B.. 1831 

Black,  Mary  Ann 1831 

Bra}',  William 1832 

Bray,  Sarah  E 1833 

Beers,  Samantha 1833 

Bartram,  Maria bef.  1830 

Beach,  Isaac  E 1832 

Baldwin,  Charity 1831 

Beers,  Hannah 1833 

Bradley,  Harriet 1831 

Beach,  Dr.  and  Dea.  Samuel,  bef.  1834      L 

Beach,  Mary 1834      L. 

Bunnell,  William  R 1S35      L. 

Bunnell,  Sarah  H 1835 

Brewster,  Jane 1836 

Bunnell,  Diantha 1836 

Bolin,  Eliza  A.   1836 

Beach,  Julia  Ann 1837 

Bliss,  Henry  H 1837 

Bliss, 1837 

Bunnell,  Mrs.  Thomas 1838 

Burr,  Margaret  M. 1838      P. 

Bixby,  Harriet 1839      L. 

Boughton,  Hannah 1840 

Beecher,  Frances  Julia  A.  (Jones)  1840      P. 

Beecher,  Rev.  Thomas  K 

Booth,  Sarah  C. bef.  1841 

Bassett,  Freeman  C.  (soc.  1834).   1841       P. 

Bassett,  Maria 1841      P. 

Birch,  Eliza 1842      P. 

Beardsley,  Rev.  Bronson  B.        (  1844      P. 
(soc.  1840'!  1864      L. 

Backus,  Susan  W.  (Seymour) 1845      L. 

Baldwin,  Rachael 1845 

Beardsley,  Nichols  (soc.  1835)..  1848      P. 


Dismission. 


1830 


rem. 
dism. 
1830 

1831 
1830 
1829 
rem. 
rem. 
1832 


1837 

^885 


1837 
1833 

exc.  for 


Death. 


Remarks. 

7vid.  of Brown. 

»i. Sherman. 


w.  of  John. 
w.  of  Albin  P. 


1833 

1858 
1859 


1832 


withdraw 


1877,^-75 
1852,^.80 


w.  of  Isaac. 

entered  the  ministry. 


w.  of  James. 

to  Chicago. 

w.  of  Rev.  John. 


to  Charleston,  S.  C. 
to  Baptist  Church, 
ing  to  Baptist  Church. 
w.  of  Judson. 


w.  of  Ira. 


wid.  of  Timothy. 

wid.  of , 

[Norwalk. 
fr.Stamf'd  May  6,  '53|drowned  in  railroad  disaster  at 


dism. 


dism. 
dism. 
dism. 
dism. 
dism. 
1868,  1894 


1857 


1870 

1848 
1870 


1872 
April  1835 

1858,^.80 


i860,  (?.  84 


2v.  of  Samuel. 

clerk  of  church  1856  to  1870. 

w.  of  Wm.  R.,  dau.oi  S.  S.  Haight. 


wid.  of  Rufus. 


w.  of  Henry  H. 


wid.  of  Rufus. 
from  Valatie,  N.  Y. 

wid.  of . 

w.  of  Rev.  Thomas  K. 
to  Elmira,  N.  Y. 


1858,(2.  72 

1S64,  (E.  68  w.  of  Freeman  C. 

iStj,  ^.6g  dau.  of  Stephen  Burroughs. 


w.  of  Oswald. 


-204 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission. 


Death. 


Remarks. 


Beardsley,  Anna  W j  ^g^^ 

Birch,  David  M. 1849 

Blank,  Miss  Sarah 1849 

Bradley,  Lucinda 1849 

Baldwin,  George 1850 

Baldwin,  Abigail 1850 

Benhani,  Mary  S 1850 

Beardsley,  Dea.  Agur  (soc.  1863)  1852 

Beardsley,  Lucinda  (Nichols) 1852 

Blake,  Henry  T 1852 

Blank,  Abram  P 1859 

Burr,  Rufus 

Brooks,  Joseph  W 

Brooks,  Elizabeth 

Beardsley,  Wilson  (soc.  1849) 

Bradley,  Morehouse  W.  (soc. '44)  1858      P. 

Benham,  Julius  (soc.  1841) .- 

Balcom,  Sumner _.   1854      L. 

Blackman,  Treat.. 1855      L. 

Bishop,  Mary  Jane 

Brooks,  Samuel  H 1857      L. 

Brooks,  Frances  E 1857      L. 

Brown,  Rebecca  W 1858      P. 

Bunnell,  James  S 1858      P. 

Beach,  J.  Wickliff 1858      L. 

Brown,  Dr.  Henry  C.  (soc.  1856) 

Beach,  George  E 1858      P. 

Bray,  George  A. 1858 

Balcom,  Jennie  S 1858      P. 

Balcom,  Mary  Elizabeth 1858       P. 

Birk,  Charles  H 1858      P. 

Blinn,  Samuel  E 1864      P. 

Barlow,  Daniel  S.. 1858       P. 

Beardsley,  Sarah  A 1858      L. 

Beach,  Mary  E. 1858      P 

Beach,  John  H.  (soc.  1856) .... 

Baker,  Margaret  L 1859      L. 

Beardsley,  Marcia 1859      P. 

Bennet    Mary 1859      L, 

Bradley,  Theodore  F.  (soc.  1870)  i860 

Baker,  Elisha — 

Baldwin,  Jennie i860      P. 

Buss.  Persis  H. i860      L. 

Bishop,  James  P.  - i860      L 

Bishop,  Charles  K i860      L. 

Bishop,  Celestia  O i860      L. 

Buss.  R.  T.  (soc.  1861) 

Bissell,  Mary 1861      L 

Bunnell,  Katharine  S 1863      P. 

Beardsley,  Mary  W.. 1861      L. 

Baldwin,  Eliza  V 1863      L. 

Barlow,  Daniel  S.  (soc.  1857-68) 

Barnum,  Emeline  L 1864      P. 

Bishop,  Edward  W 1864      P. 

Basset,  Charles  H 

Barnum,  Lydia 1864 


1852 
L.  1868 
P. 


1870 
1870 
1863 


1864 


1867 

1867 
1852 

1863 


dism. 
i860 

1858 

1872 
i860 


1865 

1859 
1873 


1865 
1870 

1876 

1865 
1865 

1874 
1868 
1868 
1868 


1892 
1870 
1869 

1872 


1853 
1850 


1865,  (B.   70 


i860,  <2.  42 
1864,^.61 


1877,^.44 
1864 


1876 


w.  of  Wilson. 


[Henry  S.  Parrott. 
w.  of  Morehouse,  W.,  2d  w.  of 


w.  of  George. 
w.  of  Julius. 


w.  of  Agur. 


wid.  Dr.  Henry  C. 
to  San  Francisco, 
to  Yale  College. 


m. Holcomb. 

m.  Samuel  E.  Blinn. 


w.  of  Henry  N. 
w.  of  John  H. 


w.  of  Elisha. 


w,  of  R.  T. 
la.  of  James  P. 


m.  Dr.  George  F.  Lewis. 

w.  of  Rev.  B.  B. 

tn.  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Grier. 


— 205 — 


Name. 


Admission, 


Backus,  Joseph  S. 
Burrill, .... 


Bradbury,  Frank  B.  (soc.  iJ 

Beebe,  James  L , 

Bradley,  Eliza  N 

Brinsmade,  Hobart 


1865      P. 
1865      P. 


Barnum,  Eunice  G.  (McD.)  ... 
Barnum,  W.  H.  (soc.  1865) 

Brown,  Maggie 

Brown,  Margaret 

Brown,  James  D.  _ 

Brown,  Catharine  S 

Brown,  Miss  Matilda. 

Bronson,  Orlando  H.  (soc.  1872) 

Balcom,  Laura 

Backus,  Mary  P 

Banks,  Cornelia  C 

Barlow,  Charity.. 

Bradley,  Edward  H 

Bradbury,  Susan  E. 

Bracken,  Alice  H.  (Hanford) 

Bunnell,  Cornelia  S 

Birch,  Juliette 

Birdsey,  Ezekiel  (soc.  1837) 

Brooks,  Eleanor  H. 

Birch,  Mary  A. 

Birdsey,  Martha  W 

Birdsey,  George  K. 

Blinn,  Mary  E 

Bronson,  Ann  E 

Brown,  Rebecca  W 

Beach,  Mary  E 

Bronson,  Peleg.. 

Burton,  Oriana  (Sprague) 

Bunnell,  Julia  H 

Beebe,  Bessie  Howard 

Bronson,  Maria  Frances 

Beecher,  Charles  M 

Benedict,  George 

Beardsley,  Ella  Cornelia 

Brigham,  Edwin  G.  (soc.  1868).. 

Brigham,  Marietta  P 

Brigham,  Arthur  L. 

Beecher,  Anna  Johnson 

Beeman,  Mary  Eliza  A 

Briggs,  Lizzie  K 

Baldwin,  Emily  P. 

Baillie,  Gertrude  Maria 

Baillie,  Matilda  McCoy 

Beach,  James  Eaton 

Beers,  Mary  J.  (Hanford) 

Beach,  David  Sherman 

Barrow,  Adelaide 

Beach,  Isaac  Eaton 

Bennetto,  Elizabeth  Ann 


854 
858 
861 
863 
864 
866 
874 

831 
842 
844 
844 


858 
857 


858 
859 
863 
866 
870 
872 
873 
873 
871 
871 
871 
874 
876 
874 
876 
877 
877 
876 
876 
876 
877 
877 
877 


1876 
1890 


1883 


1894 
1883 


1880 
1894 
1880 


1892 

1879 
i8qi 


Oct.27,'65 


1883 


1878 


1882 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Villeroy. 


w.  of  Theodore  F. 


w.  of  W.  H. 

[Dale. 

dau.  of  James  D.,  2v.  of  T.  N. 
w.  of  James  D.,  M.D. 


;«.  1868,  Jos.  P.  French,  M.D. 

J.  of  Peleg. 
wid.  of  Sumner. 
wid.  of  Oswald. 
w.  of  Edwin. 
w.  of  Daniel  S. 

w.  of  Frank  B.  [Thomas. 

dau.  of  James   Hanford,  w.  of 

wid.  of  Wm.  R.,  dau.  of  David 

[and  Deborah  Sterling, 


wid.  of  Joseph  W. 
wid.  of  George  E. 
w.  of  Geo.  K.,  dau.  of  Horace 
[F.  Hatch. 
wid.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  Peleg. 
wid  of  Dr.  H.  C. 
w.  of  John  H. 


w.  of  Silas. 
dau.  of  William  R. 
w.  of  Jabez  L. 
w.  of  Orland  H. 


entered  the  ministry.     [Hawes. 
w.  of  George  B.,  daji.  of  E.  N. 


w.  of  Edwin  G. 


w.  of  Charles  M. 
w.  of  Geo.  S.  Waller.      [Beach. 
w.  of  Warren  R.,  dau.  of  Geo.  E. 
w,  of  Sherlon  L.  [Sterling. 

w.  of  Wm.  E.,  dau.  of  Dan.  H. 
dau.  of  Daniel  H.  Sterling. 

w.  of  Seth  L. 
J.  of  John  H. 
dau.  of  George. 
s.  of  George  E. 
wid.  of  John. 


— 206 — 


Name. 

Botsford,  Henry  C 

Burr,  Anna  J 

Bullock,  Anna  C 

Beach,  Herman May, 

Barnum,  Marcus 

Barnum,  Mary  T 

Beach,  Matilda"B 

Birdse3s  Herbert 

Brown,  Samuel 

Bodwell,  Minnie  Alice  (Fuller) 

Beecher,  Maria 

Beecher,  Fanny  Maria 

Beardsle)',  George  Blakeman  .. 

Bartley,  Joseph  Dana 

Bartley,  Mary  Atwood 

Bartley,  Helen  Preston 

Bartley,  William  Tenney 

Bennetto,  John 

Brundage  Elizabeth  T 

Busse,  Annie  M.  (McKinnon).. 

Banks,  Sarah  C. 

Baldwin,  Sherlon  L 

Bronson,  Fanny  Louisa 

Birdsey,  Mary  Gertrude 

Botsford,  Emeline  Eliza 

Burr,  Mar}'^  Hammond 

Blachly,  Mary  L.-. 

Bartram,  Mattie  L 

Beach,  Mary  Jane 

Bishop,  William  F 

Boardman,  Ellen  L 

Baldwin,  Alice  May 

Bishop,  Mar)'  Linda 

Blodgett,  Dr.  Henry „ 

Brinsmade,  Ella  M _. 

Brinsmade,  Robert  Bruce 

Barrett,  Lucy  A 

Beardsiey,  iSlorris  B 

Beardsley,  Lucy  J 

Beardsley,  Samuel  F 

Burlison,  James 

Benson,  Abel  T 

Benson,  Martina 

Beers,  Cora  May 

Beers,  Mary  J 

Baldwin,  Lewis  Palmer 

Beardsle}',  Luc)'  Ma)' 

Curtis,  Matthew 

Curtis,  Polly 

Cable,  Polly May  6, 

Croford,  Hannah.. 

Clark,  Dorothy 

Crawford,  George 

Cable,  Thomas 

Cannon,  Mary 

Chichester,  Alfred -- 


Admission. 


877 

878 
878 
S78 

879 
879 

879 
879 
879 
879 
880 
880 
880 
883 
883 
883 
883 
883 


885 
885 
884 
886 
887 
886 
889 
887 


887 


P. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

L. 

P. 

L. 

P. 

P. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

P. 

L. 

8S2 

831  P. 
884  P. 
884   L. 

P. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

P. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

L. 

P. 

P. 

P. 

P. 

L. 

L. 

P. 

L. 

P. 

P. 


890 
890 
890 
891 
890 
892 
892 
893 
893 
894 
894 


809  R.C, 
809  R.C. 

810 

815  ---- 

816 

816 

820 

821 

821 


Dismission. 


1890 

1882 
1882 


1892 
1892 
1892 
1894 
1883 


1890 
1890 
i8q2 


T893 

1893 


1826 
1828 

1827 


1892 
May,  1878 


1885 


Remarks. 


s.  of  H.  H. 

w.  of  Israel  M. 


1810,^.40 


susp. 
exc. 


zv.  of  Marcus. 
w.  of  James  E. 
s.  of  George  K. 


w.  of  Joseph  D. 
dau.  of  Joseph  D, 
s.  of  Joseph  D. 


w.  of  Franz  Theo. 
wid.  of  Charles  B. 


w.  of  Orland  H. 
dau.  of  George  K. 


TV.  of  Ebenezer, 
dau.  of  Jos.  W. 
w.  of  Edgar  B. 


dau.  of  Sherlon  L. 
dau.  of  William  F. 


w.  of  Hobart  B. 
s.  of  Hobart  B. 


TV.  of  Morris  B. 
s.  of  Morris  B. 


w.  of  Abel  T. 
dau.  of  Mary  J. 


s.  of  Sherlon  L. 
dau.  of  Morris  B. 


w.  of  Matthew. 
w.  of  Samuel. 


— 207- 


Name. 


Admission.  Dismission. 


Death. 


1826 
1831 
1831 
1831 
1831 
1832 
1832 
1832 
1833 
1835 
1835 
1S38 
1840 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1844 
1850 
1870 
1850 
1870 
1851 
1851 

1854 
1831 
1851 
1851 
1851 
1852 
1852 


Crosby,  Nathaniel  P 1821 

Carrier,  Alpha 1821 [ 

Cannon,  Elizabeth 1823      L.' 

Chandler,  Moses 1823      L. 

Curtis,  Andrew 1823       L. 

Cable,  Eliza 1824 

Canfield.  Lucretia 1827      P. 

Curtis,  Victory 

Curtis,  Susan _ 

Coty,  Cornelia  M 

Chichester,  Susan bef. 

Curtis,  Hepsa 

Caswell,  Joana 

Crane,  Horace  F 

Curtis,  George  A 

Cooke,  Elizabeth 

Crawford,  Harriet 

Croninberger,  Hannah 

Conklin,  Isaac  M 

Cannon,  Lavinia 

Cameron,  Roxanna. 

Clark,  Susan  A... _ 

Clark,  Andrew 

Curtis,  Janetta  (Peck). bef. 

Chatfield,  Susan  (Kippen) 

Clark,  Eliza  B 

Clark,  Dr.James  H 

Clark,  Mary  Elizabeth 

Clark,  Sereno  B...^ 

Clark,  Lydia j 

Clark,  Mary  Jane < 

Conklin,  Sarah  E 

Chappel,  Caroline j 

Caswell,  Alanson j 

Caswell,  Mary 

Clark,  William  A.... 

Chatfield,  Elizabeth  (Brooks)... 

Cummings,  Cornelia  A... 

Curtis,  Rodney 

Curtis,- 1831 

Cronenberger,  Joseph 1837 

Chatfield,  Henry  W.  (soc.  1841).   1844      P. 

Clark,  Mr 

Cummings,  Cornelia 

Curtis,  Israel  I. 1857      L. 

Chambers,  Mary  A.  (Bulkle)') --   1858      L. 

Chambers,  Francis 1858      P. 

Cronenberger,  Augusta  E 1858      P. 

Cole,  Julia  M 1858      L. 

Curtis,  Alfred  H 1859      P. 

Carter,  Oilman 1859      L. 

Carter,  Ida  Augusta 1859      L. 

Curtis,  Miss  Cornelia  M 1861      P.I 


exc. 

1835 

1826 
rem. 

1830 
1830 
1S30 
1830 
1827 


dism. 
1844? 
dism. 
dism. 
1863 
1888? 

1863 

1853 
1852 

1858 

1S60 

i860 

1855 
1867 
1854 
1868 
1868 

1867 
1863 

issS 
1859 


1862 
1867 


1866,^.82 
1851 
rem. 
rem. 
1836 
dism. 

1855 
i86i,(^.  60 

1875,^.67 


1851 


1863 


1855 
1854 

1855 
1866 


Remarks. 


from  Stratford. 

w.  of  Thomas  ;  fr.  Meth.  Ch. 


w.  of  Alfred. 
Tvid.  of . 


wid.  of  Bronson. 
w.  of  Joseph. 


w.  of  Robert. 


from  Milford. 
w.  of  George. 


Tvid,  of  Elijah. 
dati.  of  Elijah. 


w.  of  Alanson. 


w.  of  Henry  W. 
wid.  of . 


w.  of  Rodney. 


w.  of  Francis. 

w.  of . 

w.  of  Gilman. 


-208— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission.      Death. 


Remarks. 


Curtis,  Daniel 

Capen,  Christopher 

Coffin,  Edward  W 

Capen,  George  C 

Chapman,  T.  P 

Chapman,  Anna  H 

Cate  Adelia  E 

Cate,  Adelia  E. 

Curtis,  Homer  S 

Carr,  Dabney.. - 

Conklin,  Betsey _. 

Campbell,  Mary  (Bissell) 

Cameron,  Robert  (soc.  1834) 

Curtis,  Julia 

Curtis,  Alice  (Bradley) 

Capen,  Lydia 

Coffin,  Mary  W 

Cate,  Stephen  M... 

Collier,  Margaret  E.  A .. 

Clark,  Elizabeth  A.  (Birdsey)  .- 

Cowles,  George  B. 

Cowles,  Cordelia  W. 

Cole,  John  H.  (soc.  1868) 

Cole,  Margaret  A 

Curtis.  Amelia  M.  (Beach) 

Canfield,  William  Edwin 

Canfield,  Mary  Elvira - 

Cowles,  George  Burr 

Carter,  John  Robert 

Conklin,  Alexander  Bowen 

Cogswell,  Richard  Baldwin 

Cogswell,  Lucy  Maria 

Cogswell,  Mar}^  Kate 

Cogswell,  Sarah  Jane 

Canfield,  Alice  W 

Campbell,  Andrew  Chambre 

Carter,  Maria  C 

Crump,  Frances  Bell  (Hastings) 

Crane,  Carrie  J.  (Nichols) 

Campbell,  Hattie  Barrett 

Conklin,  Ann.. 

Cowles,  Martin 

Cowles,  Cynthia  B.  K 

Cameron,  Ann  Elizabeth 

Cogswell,  Richard  William 

Cogswell,  Grace  Maria 


1863 

1861? 

1864 

1866 

1866 

1867 

1867 

1867 

1868 


1833  ---- 
1861      L. 


1858 
1861 
1864 
1863 
1863 
1867 
1868 
1870 
1871 
1871 

1874 
1874 
1876 
1877 
1877 
1877 
1880 

1879 
1881 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1882 
1883 
1883 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1885 
1885 
1885 
1886 
1888 
i8qi 


DeForest,  Philo 1808  R.C, 

Darling,  Samuel  ._ 1807 

Darling,  Nancy 1807 

Dudley,  Hannah 1808 

DeForest,  Betsey 1808 

DeForest,  Nancy 1808 

DeForest,  Eleanor 1824 

Doane,  Susan 1827      P 

DeForest,  Mary  L 1827      P 

DeForest,  Louisa 


1870 

1874 
1868 

1870 


1886 
1869 

1881 


1881 
i88i 


1887 
1881 


1895 
1892 


1830 
1830 
1830 


1877,^^.67 

1873      I 
69,^.49! 


1874 
1893 
1886 
1886 
1888 


1887 


w.  of  T.  P. 

zv.  of  Stephen  M,  [W.  Coe. 

dati.  of  Stephen  M.,  ni.  Irving 


■wid.  of  Daniel. 
Tvid.  of  Homer  S. 
wid.  of  Christopher. 
w.  of  Edwin. 

w.  of  James. 

dau.  of  Ezekiel  Birdsey. 

w.  of  George  B. 

w.  of  John  H,  [Beach. 

w.  of  G.   S.,  dau.  of  John    H. 

w.  of  William  Edwin. 


1825,^^.71 


wid.  of  Isaac  M. 


w.  of  Richard  B. 
dau.  of  Henry  C. 
w.  of  Henry  C. 
w.  of  Charles  S. 


w.  of  Henry  S. 

TV.  of  L.  B. 

w.  of  Andrew  C. 


s.  of  Richard  B. 
dau.  of  Richard  B. 


w.  of  Samuel. 


w.  of  Philo. 
wid.  of 


— 209 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Davy,  Emily 1831 

Davy,  Harriet 1832 

Davis,  Robert  C. 1834 

Dunning,  William  M. 1836      P. 

Dunning,  Amelia  Louisa 1836      P. 

Davies,  David 1838 

Dyer,  Emeline -j  ^g^^.  "^ 

Da)%  Emily  Jones 1842      L. 

Day,  Daniel,  Jr — 

Dyer,  William  B 1851 

Donaldson,  Sarah  M 1855       L. 

Donaldson,  Thomas.- -. 

Davis,  Phebe 1861      P. 

Dayton,  PhebeM... 1861       P. 

Day,  John  B 1863      P. 

Day.  Mary  Elizabeth 1863      P. 

Davis,  Victoria  V.  (Trulock) 1864      P. 

Davis,  Guernsey  W 

Dana,  Mary  S 1868      L. 

DeForest,  Isaac 1869      L. 

DeForest,  Sarah  Ann .- 

Dickerman,  Mary  Lacey _.   1869      L. 

Day,  Rev.  Dea.  Guy  B 1855      L. 

Day,  Mary  (Barnes) 1855      L. 

Durand,  Lizzie.,. 1864      P. 

Durfee,  Amelia 1867      P. 

DeForest,  Eliza  L. 1871      L. 

Day,  Julius  Barnes 1876      P. 

Day,  Emilv  Bradford 1876      P. 

Dana.  Elle'n  R 1877      P. 

Diller,  Laura  J.  (Paul) 1878      L. 

Dyer,  Minnie  Lawson 1882       P. 

Dyer,  Ann  Eliza 1882      P. 

Davenport,  Mary  Eliza 1884      L. 

Day,  Arthur  Whittlesey... 18S4      P. 

Dickerman,  Ezra  Day _  1884      P. 

Edgerton,  Lucretia. 1816 

Eells,  Waterman 1817 

Eells,  Luthenia 1817 

Edwards,  Charity 1818 

Edwards,  Thomas 1822 

Edwards,  Chloe 1822 

Edwards,  Cloe 1823 

Ellis,  Nancv 1827      P. 

Ellis,  William 1828      P. 

Evertson,  Eliza 1836 

Edwards,  Charles  (soc.  i857-'75) . 

Easland,  John  B 1855      L. 

Elliott,  Henry 1859      L. 

Elliott,  Anna  G I  J^59      L- 

Ely,  Seymour  W.  (soc.  1868) 

Englehart,  Charles 

Ennisley,  William  (soc.  1868).- 

Ennisley,  Eliza 

14 


Dismission. 

dism. 
dism. 


dism. 
dism. 


exc. 
1873 


1870 
1870 


1870 


1887 


1884 

1890 
dism. 


1830 
1830 


susp. 
rem. 
1830 
1830 


1858 
1867 

1867 


1870 


Deatli. 


after  1861 


1890 

1869 

1869 

1866,(^.67 


1864 
1870 


1869 


1891 


1885 


i82i,<^.  34 


1886 


Remarks. 


w.  of  William  M. 


w.  of  William  B. 
■w.  of  Daniel,  Jr. 


m.  Seth  Hill. 


m. Willmer. 

w.  of  Guernsey  W. 


w.  of 


m.  S.  S.  Hunter. 


wid.  of  Guy  B. 

dau.  of  Mrs.  H.  T.  Wheeler. 

sister  of  Mrs.  Jas.  B.  Prescott. 

w.  of  Marcus. 

s.  of  Guy  B. 

dau.  of  Guy  B. 

dau.  of  George  E.  Wheaton. 

w.  of  J.  S.  Diller. 

dau.  of  William  B. 

■wtd.  of  William  B. 

TO.  of  Daniel. 

s,  of  Guv  B. 


TV.  of  Waterman, 
w.  of  Daniel. 


wtd,  of  Thomas. 


w.  of  Henry. 


to.  of  William. 


-210 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission. 


Remarks. 


Ellis,  Fannie  J 1868 

Ely,  Mary  E.  (Wheeler)... 1859 

Edwards,  Sophia 1844 

Englehart,  Elizabeth  A.. 1857 

Eaton,  MaryW.  (Hawley) 1863 

Edwards,  Eleanor 1873 

Earle,  John  Baptist 1877 

Earle,  Barbara  Innes. 1877 

Eames,  Carlos  Sidney.., 1881 

Eames,  Carrie  Belle... 18B1 

Edmonds,  Mary  Hopper 1S82 

Englehart,  Elizabeth  S 1894 


French,  William 


French,  Betsey 


French,  Susannah 

Fitch,  Charles 

French,  Joseph  B 

French,  Drusilla 

French,  Ebenezer — 

French,  Susan — 

Fish,  Catharine  G 

Fowler,  Hannah bef. 

French,  Marie bef. 

French,  Maria 

French,  Mary  E — 

Freeman,  Rose  Ann 

French,  Ann  Eliza 

Foot,  Hepsa  Ann -. 

Foster,  Junius - 

Fancher,  Caroline 

Fairweather,  Mrs.  Daniel. 

French,  Wheeler  (soc.  1835) 

Fairchild,  Eliad 

Foster,  Irwin - 

Fairchild,  Amanda 

Farron,  Charlotte 

Foote,  Charles,  Jr. 

French,  Hattie  N 

French,  Caroline  Louisa 

Fisherdick,  George  H 

Fisherdick,  Eunice  M.  (Webster) 

Fowler,  Arabella  S.  _ 

Fox,  William  S.  (soc.  1868) 

Fox,  Mary  I 

French,  Harriet  B 

French,  Susan  M.  — 

French,  Henry  N 

French,  Polly  B 

Fairchild,  Thedosia 

Forsyth,  Mary  L.  (Tomlinson).. 

French,  Catharine  B 

Follansbee,  John  L 

Follansbee,  Eunice  R 

Foster,  Evelyn  Matilda  (Smith). 


1809  R, 
i8og  R, 

1810  .. 
1815  -. 
1810  .. 
1815  .. 
1815  -. 

1815  .. 

1816  .. 
1821  .. 
1827 
1826  . 

1830  ., 
1821  ., 
1821  . 

1831  . 

1832  . 

1837  - 

1847 

1852 


1853 


1858 
1861 
1867 
1867 


1868 
1831 
1831 
1832 

1834 
1844 
1864 
1868 
1S68 
1868 
1883 


1894 
1894 


dism. 
1830 

dism. 

1855 


1862 
1858 
1862 
1868 

1874 
1874 

1859 


1887 
1887 
1890 


1895 


w.  of  Ellis. 
w.  of  Seymour  W 
w.  of  Charles. 
w.  of  Charles. 
w.  of   Levi  W. 
dau.  of  Charles 


[Hawley. 
dau.  of  Thos. 


w.  of  John  B. 


w.  of  George  B. 


1866,  iz.  80  w.  of  William. 
1835,  <^.  74, w.  of  Gamaliel,  Jr. 
1862, «. 75I 


1830 
1843 


1832 

1853 
1869 


1872 
1858 
1853 


1871 

1884 

1884 

1879 
1882 


w.  of  Joseph. 


m. Glasco. 

w.  of  Wheeler, 
w.  of  Ebenezer. 


wid.  of 


wid.  of  John. 


w.  of  George  H. 


iv.  of  William  S. 
w.  of  Henry  N. 


wid.  of  Capt.  Joseph  B. 
■wid.  of  Eliud  W.     [Tomlinson. 
w.    of   John,    dau.    of   Stephen 
w.  of  Dr.  Joseph  L. 


w.  of  John  L. 
w.  of  C.  L. 


-211- 


Name. 


Admission.  Dismission. 


Death. 


Remarks. 


Fairchild,  Lilian  Maud  (Wilson)  1884  P 

Fuller,  Mary  Augusta 1885  P, 

Fancher,  Ann  Augusta  - 1885  L, 

Fitzgerald,  Mary  Isabella 1885  L, 

French,  Burr  H 1894  P, 

Gouge,  Ihomas bef.     q„_ 

'^  1027 

Gouge,  Ruth bef.  1813  R.C, 

Gregory,  Hulda  (F.M.  1777) 1813 

Grounderson,  Salome 1815 

Grant,  Tohn_ 1816 

Gray,  Joseph 1821 

Gregory,  Ezra,  Jr F.M.  1810,  1827      P, 

Gray,  Ann  M 

Gordon,  Elizabeth 1823 

Gregory,  Bethia 1815  .. 

Gregor}^  Mary  E 1831 

Griffith,  Harriet 1831 

Graves,  Hannah 1836      P. 

Goulden,  Joseph 

Griffith,  Maria  A. .,   1839      L. 

Griswold,  Matilda 1839      L. 

Gridley,  Charlotte 1844 

Griffith,  Ann  Elizabeth 1845 

Gates,  Robert  W. 1851       L. 

Gates,  Mary  Elizabeth 1851       P. 

Gridley,  George  E.  (soc.  1841) 

Gregor}',  Elizabeth  L 1856      L. 

Goodale,  Joseph  H. 1856      L. 

Goodale,  Melinda 1856      L. 

Goodale,  Mary  1856      L. 

Golden,  Josiah  R 1858      P. 

Graham,  Alva  C 1858      P. 

Gardner,  Albinus  M i860      P. 

Gould,  N.  (soc.  1856) 

Grounderson,  Mary  L.  . 1867      P. 

Grogan,  Andrew 

Grogan,  Harriet  Preston 

Goulden,  Lydia 1837      L. 

Grounderson,  Peter 1858      P. 

Gray,  Rhoda  M 1864      L. 

Goulden,  L3'dia 1837      L. 

Gould,  Lucinda  (Nichols) 1864      L. 

Goff,  Louise  W.  (Lyon) 1868      P. 

Gawley,  Mary  Elizabeth 1873       P. 

Gamsby,  Carrie  M.  (Sterling)...   1874      P. 

Gawley,  Lizzie 1874      P. 

Griswold,  George  W.  (soc. '42)..   1869      P. 

Gordon,  Alexander  S.  j  1832 

(soc.  1826)  Rest.  I  1875       P. 

Griffith,  Fanny 1876      P. 

Gilbert,  Kathleen  Estelle 1883      P. 

Gamsby,  Alfred  Henderson 1884      P. 

Gaylord,  Carlotta  M 1885       L. 

Gaylord,  Bessie  Theoda -. 1885      L. 

Gaylord,  Carlotta  Jennie 1885      L. 


1830 
1856 

1837 
dism. 


dism. 
dism. 


1856 
dism. 
dism. 
dism. 


1859 

1871 
[871 


1S78 


1858 


dism. 
1886 


1861 


1827,^.  23 
1871 


after  1851 


1862 

58,^.48 


1862 


1859,  (J.  22 
after  i860 


1867,  iz.  42 


1878 
1884 

1878 


1885 
1882 


w.  of  R.  N. 

w.  of  John  E. 

wi'd.  of  Sherman. 

dau.  of  Charles  M.  Ga)'lord. 


TV.  of  Thomas. 

■wid.  of  Thaddeus?  d.  in  N.  Y. 

wid.  of  Peter. 


w.  of  Alexander. 
w.  of  Ezra. 


m.  George  F.  Tracy. 


w.  of  George  W. 
w.  of  George  E. 


For  many  years  S.  S.  Librarian. 
w.  of  Robert  W. 


w,  of  Joseph  H. 


w.  of  Peter. 


wid.  of  Joseph  H. 
wid.  of  Joseph  H. 


wid.  of  Jonathan.  [E.  C.  GoflF. 
wid.  of  Asahel  L.  Lyon,  w.  of 
w.  of  Dr.  Samuel  S.  [Sterling. 
w.  of  Alfred  H.,  dau.  of  Walter 
dau.  of  Samuel  S. 


dau.  of  Thomas. 


w.  of  Rev.  S.  D. 
dau.  of  Carlotta  M. 
dau.  of  Carlotta  M. 


— 212— • 


Name. 


Admission, 


Gavlord,  Harry  Clayton 1885  L. 

Ga'rlick,  Dr.  Samuel  Middleton.  1887  L. 

Garlick,  Harriet  Trubee(Knapp)  1887  L. 

Garlick,  AlmiraElizab'thTrubee  1894  P. 

Gedney,  Josephine 1885  L. 

Hawley,  Samuel bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hawley,  Gurdon .bef.  1813R.C. 

Hawley,  Ebenezer bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hawley,  Zalmon bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Ezekiel bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Catharine .bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Aaron bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Sally bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  David bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Anne ...bef.  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Anson 1813  R.C. 

Tt   uu  11    o  .  i  1813  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Betsey j  ^g^j 

Hubbell,  Charles  Benjamin 1814  R.C. 

Hubbell,  Eliza 1814  R.C. 

Hawley,  Monson 1824  R.C. 

Hawley,  Matilda 1824  R.C. 

Hawley,  Abijah 1824  R.C. 

Hawley,  Talcot 1807 

Hall,  Narcissa.. 1808      P. 

Holburton,  Sally 1810 

Hawley,  Lucy,  2d 1811 

Hubbell, Abiah 1814 

Hubbell,  Bethiah 1815 

Hubbell,  Elisha 1815 

Hawley,  Stephen. _  1815 

Hawley,  Betsey... 1815 

Hildrop,  Mary 1815 

Holburton,  Eunice 1815 

Hawlev,  Temperance 1815 

Hull,  Errata 1815 

Hatch,  Nancy 1815 

Hyer  William 1815 

Hawley,  George 1816 

Hawley,  Caroline 1816 

Hawley,  Sally 1816 

Hull,  Sarah .--   1817 

Hubbell,  Asa 1821 

Hawley,  Ransom 1821 

Hawley,  Samuel,  3d 1821 

Hawley,  Lucy,  3d 1821 

Hall,  Sarah  Marietta 1821  .-., 

Hubbell,  David,  3d .-  1821 

Hubbell,  Josiah 1821 

Hull,  Ellen 1821  .... 

Hull,  Fanny... 1821 

Hawley,  Emeline 1821 

Hawley,  Elizabeth 1821 

Hawley,  Eliza 1821 

Hawley,  Mary 1821 

Hawley,  Ann  Maria 1821 


Dismission. 


Remarks. 


s.  Carlotta  M. 


1895 


w.  of  Samuel  M. 
dau.  of  Samuel  M. 


1870,  (^.  81 


1830 


1843 
1830 
1830 
dism. 
1830 
1830 

1846 

exc. 1823 

1830 

1830 

1828 
dism. 


1830 
1828 


dism. 


1830 


1830 


w.  of  Ezekiel. 
w.  of  Aaron. 
w.  of  David. 


w,  of  David,  3d 


w.  of  Charles  Benjamin. 
w.  of  Monson. 


w.  of  Samuel. 
TV.  of  David. 
TV.  of  Samuel. 


1846 
1853,^.76 


after  1837 
after  1824 


w.  of  Samuel. 


w.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  Wakeman. 
w.  of  Daniel. 


m.  William  Mallett. 
entered  ministry. 


Gray. 


—213- 


Name. 


Admission. 


Hawle)',  Marietta 1821 

Hawley,  Anson  T 1821 

Hall,  Josiah  B.  (soc.  1820) 1827      P 

Hall,  Elizabeth 1827      L. 

Hawley,  Frederick 1827       P. 

Hubbard,  Harriet 1827      P 

Hawle}',  Elizabeth 1827      P. 

Hilliard,  Hannah 1827      L 

Higby,  Hervey 1828      P, 

Higby,  Charlotte 1S28      P 

Hawley,  Bronson _  1828      P. 

Hall,  Marietta  S 

Hawley,  Mary  B. bef.  1826 

Hubbell,  Marlott bef.  1830 

Hubbell,  Laura  (Wordin) 1828 

Hatch,  Daniel  _- 1831 

Hawley,  Julius  W 1831 

Holly,  William  H 1831 

Husted,  Stephen  St.  John 1831 

Hall,  Samuel 1831 

Hart,  Hannah 1831 

Hamlin,  Mar}' 1833 

Hunter,  Rev.  John  H. 1838 

Hull,  Amos  G 1839 

Hull,  Emily 1839 

Hubbell,  Julia 1831   

Hatch,  Daniel  B.,  Jr 1831 

Hatch,  Anna 1831 

Haight,  Joseph 1836 

Howick,  Ann 1836 

Howick,  Henry  H 1838 

Hunter,  Sarah 1839      L. 

Hunter,  Julia  M 1839      L. 

Hatch,  Sheldon 1840      L. 

Hartwell,  Sherman 1840      L. 

Hartwell,  Rachel 1840      P. 

Hatch,  Mary  A 1842      P. 

Hull,  Abigail- 1844      P. 

Hatch,  Sarah  (Gregory) 1844      P. 

Hopkins,  John  (soc.  1840) 1844      P. 

Hall,  Eleanor 1844      P. 

Hull,  Eliza 1845       P. 

Hubbell,  Charles  B 1848      P. 

Hubbell,  Eliza  (Thompson) 1848      P. 

Hubbard,  Calista  S. 1849      L. 

Hartwell,  Cornelia 1850      P. 

Hall,  Delia 1852      P. 

Hall,  Charles  H.  (soc.  1850) 

Hincks,  Dea.  John  W.. 1852      L. 

Hincks,  Sarah  A 1852      L. 

Hull,  Wakeman  (soc.  1854-1868)  -. 

Hall,  Sarah  E. 1853      L. 

Hubbell,  David  M.... 

Hawley,  Charles  (soc.  1835 -'49) 

Hall,  Samuel  B.  (soc.  1S56-1868) 

Hanford,  Stephen  (soc.  1856) 1838      P. 


Dismission, 


1830 
1830 

1830 
1831 

1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1833 

1859 


1833 
rem. 


1845 

1866 
dism. 


dism. 
dism. 


dism. 


Death. 

1892 
Dec.   1827 


1883 
1835 


bef.  1868 

1848 

1852 
T849 


1843 
1876,^.85 


bef.  1851 
1873 


Remarks. 


m. Knapp. 

w.  of  Josiah  B. 


w.  of  Josiah. 
wid.  of  Alfred. 
to  Christ  Church. 


■w.  of  Alanson. 


w.  of  Amos, 
to  New  York. 


w.  of  Rev.  J.  H. 


w.  of  Horace  F. 


m.  Joseph  W.  Brooks. 


1873,^.84  

1862,  (B.  70  w.  of  Charles  B. 


i863 
1871 


1875. -^-S? 
1864,^.  43 

1871 


TO.  ofT.  B.  [Hubbard. 

dau.    Sherman,   m.    Dr.  Robert 
w.  of  Charles  H. 


w.  of  Turne}', 


— 214 — 


Name. 


Admission, 


Hanford,  Louisa 1838      P. 

Hawley,  Lucy  C.  (Wordin) 1841 

Holcomb,  William  W.(soc.  1842)  1844       P. 

Holcomb,  Julia 1844      P. 

Hall,  Polly  L. 1844      P. 

Hawley,  Edmund  S 

Hopkins,  Abigail 1845      L. 

Hubbard,  T.  B.  (soc.  1849). 

Hall,  Charles  H.  (soc.  1850) 

Hubbell,  Caroline 1854      L. 

Hoyle,  George -- 

Hatch,  Daniel  B 1855      P. 

Hall,  Esther  A. 1855       P. 

Hand,  Elizabeth  W 1855      P. 

Hall,  F.  L 

Hotchkiss,  Josiah 1858      L. 

Hotchkiss,  Betsey 1858      L. 

Hotchkiss,  Jarvis  - 1858      L. 

Hotchkiss,  Sarah  E _  1858      L. 

Hall,  Fannie 1858      P. 

Holcomb, 

Haux,  MaryC 1858      P. 

Hincks,  Edward  Y.,  D.D 1858      P. 

Higgins,  Jane  C 1859      L. 

Hanford,  Juliette  W 1859      P. 

Huth,  Lucy i860      L. 

Havens,  George  O i860      L. 

Havens,  Clara  M. i860      L. 

Hall,  Louisa  S 1861       P. 

Huth,  Charles  L 

Hawley,  Thomas 1862      L. 

Hubbell,  Charles  E.. 1863      P. 

Hincks,  John  Howard 1863      P. 

Hatch,  Sarah  S.  G. 1864      P. 

Hubbard,  Josephine  C 1864      P. 

Hubbard,  Sarah  E 1864      P. 

Hanford,  Harriet  A 1864      P. 

Hanford,  James 

Hull,  Dr.  Calvin  E..-.F.M.  1868 

Hotchkiss,  Lucinda 1868      P. 

Hatch,  Horace  F 1831       P. 

Hawley,  Eliza  J. 1831      P. 

Hawlev,  Frances  S 1832      P. 

Hall,  Sarah  (Walker) 1832      P. 

Hincks,  Ann  B.  (Wordin) 1832      P. 

Hubbell,  Elbert  E. 1831       P. 

Hartwell,  Sophia 1840      L. 

Hoile,  Elizabeth  L 1854      L. 

Hubbard,  Dr.  Robert 1852      L. 

Hartshorn,  Catharine  A. 1857      P. 

Hawley,  Maria 1862      L. 

Hincks,  William  B.,  Dea 1858      P. 

Hubbell,  Isabella  (Stillman). .  -  ]  J 362      L 

Hubbell.  Howard  G 1864      P. 

Hall,  Henry 1864      P. 


Dismission, 


dism. 

exc.  1856 

dism. 

1875 
dism. 


1858 
1856 

1866 
^865 
i865 
1862 


1871 

1870 
1868 
1868 


1894 


Death. 


1853 

1862,^.60 

1869 
1893,^.83 

i860, «.  72 
1862,  i?.  61 

i866,  (E.  57 

1888 

1875 
1877 


1894 
1887 


1882 
i8qo 


1887 
1894 


Remarks. 


zv.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  Edmund  S. 


w.  of  William  W. 

dau.  of  Dea.  David  Sherwood. 


w,  of  Elbert  E. 


to  DuQuoin,  111. 
w.  of  F.  L. 


w.  of  Jarvis. 

m.  William  Van  Gasbeck. 

to  Granby. 

m.  James  Turner. 

to  Church  at  Yale  College. 

wid.  of  Stephen  S. 
w.  of  Charles  Lewis. 

TV.  of  George  O. 
dau.  of  Samuel  B. 


to  Stratford, 
entered  the  minist^)^ 

to  Stratford, 
to  Stratford. 


wid.  of  Charles. 
zv.  of  Anson  T. 
wid.  of  Samuel  B. 
wid.  of  John  W. 

7vtd.  of  Sherman. 
7V.  of  George. 

wid.  of  Tyler. 
wid.  of  Thomas. 
J-.  of  John  W. 

wid.  of  Elbert  E. 

s.  of  Elbert  E. 


I 


-215— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission. 


Remarks. 


Hill,  Dr.  Seth 1863  P. 

Hincks,  Enoch  Pond 1863  P. 

Hincks,  Mary  L.  (Hart) 1867  P. 

Hincks,  Cornelia  E.  (Hart) 1867  P. 

Hanford,  Susan  A. 1864  P. 

Hawley,  Jane  M 1867  L. 

Hull,  AlmiraJ 1865  L. 

Hunter,  Mary  L 1869  L. 

House,  Frances  M 1868  L. 

Hoag,  Mary _  1869  L. 

Hall.  George  B. 1869  L. 

Hall.  Lucy 1869  L. 

Hall,  Turney  (see.  1856) 1868  P. 

Hart,  Charlotte  Irene 1873  P. 

Hewitt,  Cora  Almlra 1873  P. 

Hincks,  Jane  Isabel 1873  P. 

Hobbs,  Florence  E.  (Wilmot)  ..   1874  P. 

Hubbell,  Isabel 1870  P. 

Hine,  Annie  Louise  (Dyer) 1874  P. 

Hawes,  Edmund  V. 1874  P. 

Hartshorn,  Tyler  W 1877  P. 

Hartshorn,  Kittie  Salter 1877  P. 

Huth,  Charles  Sackett 1877  P. 

Hatch,  Mary  Jane 1878  P. 

Harrington,  Henry  Martyn 1878  L. 

Hatch,  Elvira 1878  P. 

HoUey,  Rev.  Piatt  T.. 1878  L. 

Hopkins,  Mary  Elizabeth 1881  P. 

Hobbs,  Willis  Farrar.. 1881  L. 

Hurd,  George  B.- 1880  L. 

Hull,  Frederick  Wellington 1881  P. 

Hull,  Margaret  Jane  (Nichols)-.   1881  P. 

Hubbell,  Rebecca  A.  (Gould)  ..  1881  L. 

Hubbard,  Sophia  Todd -- 1883  L. 

Hubbard,  Cornelia  Elizabeth...   1883  P. 

Harrington,  Jessie 1882  P. 

Hughes,  Anne  J 1884  L. 

Harris,  Eva  M 1884  L. 

Horr,  Weston  Henderson 1884  P. 

Harvey,  Alice  Anna _   1884  L. 

Harlem,  J.  L 1885  L. 

Harlem,  M.  A 1885  L. 

Hayes,  Chester  N 1885  P. 

Hincks,  Annie  Hart 1886  P. 

Hubbell,  Emily  Stillman 1886  P. 

Hincks,  Edward  Baldwin 1888  P. 

Hilgerson,  Matilda 1888  L. 

Hunter,  Mabel  Harlakenden...  1889  P. 

Hawley,  Sarah  B. 1887  L. 

Hall,  Frank  S.  S 1888  P. 

Hawley,  George  Waller .. 18S9  P. 

Hincks,  Robert  Stanley _.  1889  P. 

Hawley,  Alexander  William 1891  P. 

Hincks,  Henr)' Winslow 1890  P. 

Hincks,  William  Thurston i8gi  P. 

Hoile,  Frances  E .,   1890  P. 

House,  Gertrude 1861  P. 


1870 

1890 

1892 
1890 


1892 
1887 


1878 
1882 
1882 


1886 
1890 
1890 

1887 
1802 


1887 
1887 


1890 


1893 
1889 


s.  of  John  W. 
w.  of  William  B. 
w.  of  Enoch  P. 
w.  of  James. 
w.  of  Charles  E. 
w.  of  Dr.  Calvin  E. 
w.  of  Samuel  S. 
w.  of  James  A. 


w.  of  George  B. 


[V.  Hawes. 
w.  of  Hewitt,  dau.  of  Edmund 
dau.  John  W.  [R.  Wilmot. 

w.  of  Willis  F.,  dart,  of  Samuel 
dati.  of  George  H. 
dau.  of  William  B.  Dyer, 


s.  of  Tyler. 

dai(.  of  Tjder  and  Catharine. 

s.  of  Charles  Louis. 

dati.  of  Leavitt. 


dau.  of  Leavitt. 
dau.  of  L.  M. 


w.  of  Frederick  W. 
TV.  of  Howard  G. 
dau.  of  Dr.  Robert. 
m.  C.  M.  Everest. 
da2i.  of  Henry  M. 
of  Frank  J. 


J.  of  William  L. 
wid.  of  Frank. 


of  J.  L. 


dau.  of  Enoch  P. 

dau.  Elbert  E.,  m.  Ralph  Tilton. 

s.  of  William  B. 


dau.  of  Samuel  S. 


s.  of  Alexander. 
s.  of  William  B. 
s.  of  Alexander. 
s.  of  Enoch  P. 
s.  of  William  B. 
m.  Fred.  Somers. 


[Gold,  M.D. 


dau.  of  James  A.,  m.  James  D. 


— 2l6 — 


Name. 


Admission, 


Hugo,  Josephine  Eva. 
Hubbell,  Gertrude  G. 


Irish,  Eliza  M.  - 

Ingersoll,  Emily  E 

Ingham,  Julia  A 

Ingham,  Samuel  W.  (soc.  1857). 
Ingersoll,  Marietta 


Jennings,  Robert  Ross 

Jones,  Widow  Mary 

Jennings,  Rhoda 

.  Jennings,  Sarah _. 

Jackson,  Ezekiel .. 

Jackson,  Polly 

Jennings,  James 

Jackson,  Henry. 

Jones,  Seth  B 

Jones,  Susan 

Judson,  David 

Judson.  Aurelia 

Jones,  Emily  E 

Judson,  Kath.  A.  T.  (Chappel).. 

Judd,  Elizabeth  A 

Judson,   Dr.  Fred.  J.  (soc.  1856) 

Judson,  Maria  -. 

Johnson,  William  H 

Judson,  Henry 

Jennings,  Josephine  Maria 

Joy,  Jesse 

Jordan,  Augusta 

Judson,  Janette 

Judson,  Harriet  E 

Jackson,  Daniel  B 

Jackson,  Adelia  S. 

Jones,  Morris.. 

Jones,  Henry  W 

Jordan,  Mary  Ann  (Piatt) 

Jordan,  Stephen  (soc.  1850-1874) 

Johnson,  Marj'  Walker 

Johnson,  J.  R.  (soc.  1870) 

Jones,  Eliza  S.  (Webster) 

Jones,  Rev.  Henry  (soc.  1838)  .. 

Judson,  Charlotte 

Jackson,  Henry  S.  (soc.  1870)  .. 

Joy,  Andrew  Eliott. 

Jones,  Clara  J.  (Stillman) 

Jarvis,  Emma  Augusta _ 

Johnson,  Lizzie  Cecile 

Jones,  Florence 

Jacoby,  Addie  Florine 

Jones,  Annie  M. 

Johnson,  Anna  Tina. 


Knapp,  Ephraim. 

Knapp,  Sarah 

Kipping,  George. 


893 


831 


866   L. 

810  R.C. 
810 

810 

810 

813  L. 
813  L. 
815  -  — 
815  — - 

821 

821 

822 

822   L. 

841 

851   L. 


862 
851 


856 

857 
858 
858 

859 
861 
861 


861  .... 

862  L. 
858  P. 
869 


869   P. 


839 

858 

857 
861 
878 

879 

880 
883 
884 
886 
887 
894 


814  R.C, 
814  R.C, 

818  R.a 


Dismission 


dism. 
1866 
1868 
1868 


1830 
1830 


1830 
rem. 
1830 
1830 
1830 

1851 
1863 


abs.  1868 


1858 
i860 
1861 
1861 
1863 

1873 
1 866 

1858 


1894 

1888 
1888 


Death. 


i8i9,<^.  78 


1838 


Remarks. 


dau.  of  Howard  G, 


w.  of  Samuel  W. 


Feb.  1862, 


1868,^.  50 


1888 
1878 


1882 


from  Episcopal  Church. 

w.  of  Ross. 

w.  of  Eliphalet. 


w.  of  Ezekiel. 
s.  of  Eliphalet. 


w.  of  Seth  B. 


7n.  Daniel  J,  Day. 


CB.  58. 

w.  of  William  H. 


Smith. 


w.  of  Daniel  B. 


w.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  J.  R. 
■w.  of  Rev.  Henry. 
wid.  of  Henry. 


dau.  of  John  J.  Stillman. 


I 


w.toi  John. 


w.  of  Ephraim. 


-217 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Kippen,  Betse}' 1816  — 

Kippen,  George 1816  — 

Knapp,  Joseph _  1821  vote 

Knapp,  Abigail 1821  vote 

Knapp,  Burr 1821 

Knapp,  George 1821 

Knapp,  Maria 1821 

Keeler,  Sally bef.  1826 

Kippen,  Mary  E 1831 

Knapp,  Eliza 1831 

Kelsey,  Charles 1832 

Kenvvorthy,  Martha 1841       P. 

Knapp,  Mrs.  Ephraim _  1844      P. 

Kippen,  Jane 1845      L. 

King,  Mary  H 1853 

Kelsey,  Mary  (Newton) 1835 

Keeler,  Edward 

Kimball, 

Knowlton,  Wm.  S.  (soc.  i870-'76) 

King,L.  A 

Kimball,  Jane  E 1855      P. 

Kimball,  Henry.. 

Kippen,  Anne 1858       P. 

Knapp,  Anna  E. 1864      P. 

Keeler,  Theodore  (soc.  1875) 

Keeler,  Caroline 1844      P. 

Knowlton,  Stella 1852      L. 

Kelsey,  Courtland  (soc.  1856)  ..  1858      P. 

Keeler,  Mary  E. 1864      P. 

Keeler,  Villeroy  E.  (B) 1865      P. 

Keeler,  Catharine  M. 1867      L. 

Kohlus,  J.  C.  H.L.--. 1868      L. 

Kelsej',  Clarence  H 1874      P. 

Kelsey,  Elizabeth  B 1874      P. 

Kelsey,  Sarah  Ho3^t 1875      L. 

Kelsey,  Stephen  Clifford. 1879      P. 

Kelsev,  Louise  Hoyt 1879      P- 

Kimberly,  William  Gilead 1881      L. 

Kimberly,  Laura  A. 1881       L. 

Kirchoff,  Charles  Francis 1883      P. 

Kirchoff,  Margaret  F 1883      P. 

Keeler,  Sylvester  R 1884      L. 

Keeler,  Mary  B 1884      L. 

Keeler,  Jennie 1884      P. 

Keyes,  Mary  Virginia 1885       P. 

Kelsey,  Annie  Hoyt 1885       P. 

Knapp,  George  S 1885      L. 

Knapp,  Jennie  A 1885      L. 

Keeler,  "Birdie  Raymond 1888      P. 

Kellogg,  Emily  Peck 1894      P. 

Lewis,  Daniel 1815  R.C. 

Lord,  Daniel 1808 

Lord,  Annie 1808 

Lacey,  Daniel,  Jr. 1808 

Lewis,  Mary 1808 

Lacey,  Catharine 1808 


Dismission.!     Death. 


1853 


1830 

1830 
1830 


1853 
abs. 

1853 
1856 

1853 


1856 
1869 


1886 


1888 
1888 


1894 
1894 


1894 


1830 


1864,  CB.  72 

Dec.  1857 
Jan.  1857 

1822,  CB.  18 

i85i,<2.8o? 


bef.  1851 


abt.  1871 

1884 
1894 
1884 


Remarks. 


w.  of  George. 
w.  of  Joseph. 
m. Lacey. 


Ephraim  d.  1831. 


w.  of  L.  A. 
w.  of  Charles. 


w.  of  Henry. 


w.  of  Henry. 

m. Mead,  1867. 


■wid.  of  Edward. 
w.  of  Wm.  S. 


dau.  of  Edward. 
w.  of  Justin  S. 
w.  of  Theo.  A. 


J.  of  Courtland.       [Tomlinson. 
w.  of  Clarence  H.,  dau.  of  Ste. 
w.  of  Courtland. 
s.  of  Courtland. 
dau.  of  Courtland. 


1825,  £?.  64 


w.  of  William  G. 
w.  of  Charles  F. 
w.  of  Sylvester  R. 


dati.  of  Courtland. 


w.  of  George  S. 
dau.  of  Sylvester  R. 


w.  of  Daniel. 


m.  Daniel  Lacey,  Jr. 
wid.  of . 


— 2I8 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Lewis,  Hulda 1815 

Lockwood,  Frederick 1815 

Lockwood,  Rebecca 1815 

Lewis,  Alanson 1815 

Lacey,  Ellen 1815 

Lockwood,  Elizabeth 1816 

Lewis,  Eunice 1816 

Lacey,  David,  P.M.  i8io 1816 

Lacey,  Laura i8i6 

Lacey,  Ruth 1816 

Lewis,  Mary  Ann 1S16 

Lacey,  Sally 1817 

Lockwood,  Roe 1819 

Lord,  Joshua _.   1821 

Lewis,  Fanny 1821 

Lockwood,  Julia 1821 

Linsley,  Philip 1823 

Lord,  Willis 1827      P 

Lord,  Sally 

Lacey,  Maria 

Lewis,  Julia 1821 

Lindsley,  Phebe bef.  1826 

Love,  Alexander 1834 

Love,  Margaret 1834 

Love,  Sophia 1834 

Love,  Janette 1834 

Lockhart,  Margaret 1834 

Lockwood,  Lucretia 1836 

Lum,  Edward 1836 

Lacey,  Jane  E ^ 1831 

Lord,  Matthew 1835 

Lord,  Jane 1835.   .. 

Loyd,  Hannah 1836 

Langridge,  Levi 1839      L. 

Lamoux, 1841      P. 

Lord,  Anna 1845 

Leach,  Caroline .   1845      ?• 

Logan,  Eliza  S 1847      L. 

Lamont,  Helen 1850      L. 

Lamont,  Anna  Maria 1850      L. 

Lyon,  Marietta 1851      L. 

Lyon,  Jarvis  (soc.  1842-1S49) 

Lyon,  Asahel  (soc.  1859) 

Lockwood,  Minerva 1855      L. 

Loomis,  James  C.  (soc.  1845-75)   

Lyon,  Frederick  H 1850 

Lockwood,  Hezekiah 

Lathrop,  Margaret 1856      L. 

Lathrop,  John  W.  (soc.  1857) 

Lacey,  Mary  Louisa 1858      P. 

Lewis,  Margaret  J 1858      P. 

Livingston,  Julia  A 1861       L. 

Lindley,  Miss  Mary  A i86i       P. 

Lathrop,  George  L.  (soc.  i863-'68) 

Lord,  Fanny  I 1863      P. 

Lafarge,  Fanny  E 1864      P. 

Lane,  Esther  M 1864      P. 


Dismission. 


1830 
1824 
rem. 
1863 
1830 
1826 

1822 
1822 
1830 
rem. 
rem. 

1830 
1830 


■1S30 
1830 
1830 
1863 
1830 


dism. 

1868 
1868 


Death. 


1838 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Daniel. 


1857 


1859,^.94 


1855 

.... 

1868 



1868 



.... 

1859 

1859 

1870 





1877 

dism. 



1870 



1864 



1864 



1865 

, 

1863 





1864 

1868 



1868 

.... 

w.  of  David. 

m. Sherwood. 

w.  of  Roswell. 


w,  of  Alanson. 
w.  of  Jeremiah. 


w.  of  Alexander. 


w.  of  Rowland  B. 


w,  of  Matthew. 
m. Coster. 


lost  at  sea. 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  Asahel. 


w.  of  Hezekiah. 


I 


w.  of  John  W. 


IV.  of  • 


-219 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Littell,  Margaret- 1865 

Lyon,  Louisa  W 1868  P. 

Lace}',  Dea.  Rowland  B 1837  L. 

Lyon,  Emeline  (soc.  1868) 1838 

Loomis,  Mary  B.. 1855  P. 

Lemmon,  Jane  Cameron 1857  P. 

Lyon,  Bessie 1855  P. 

Lyon,  Hanford  (soc.  1834) 1858  P. 

Lyon,  Annie  M 1858  P. 

Lacej%  Elizabeth  R 1859  L. 

Lathrop,  Esther 1863  P. 

Lyon,  Adelaide 1864  P 

Lewis,  Catharine  S.  .. 1863  P, 

LaMonte,  Abram  H 1867  L. 

LaMonte,  Helen  Dean 1867  L 

Lewis,  Dr.  George  F ._  1868  L, 

Lacey,  David  Sherman 1874  P, 

Lacey,  Henrietta  Boardman 1874  P, 

LaMonte,  May 1874  P, 

LaMonte,  Isabel  Dean  ._ 1874  P. 

Lockwood,  Lizzie  Chappelle 1876  P 

Lineburg,   William  Golden 1878  L. 

Lineburgh,  William  Golden,  Jr.,  1878  P. 

Lineburgh,  Ann  Eliza _   1878  L. 

Lewis,  Julia  Waterman 1878  L. 

Lewis,  Margaret  Isham 1878  L. 

Lewis,  Minnie  Prescott 1879  P. 

Lewis,  William  Henry 1880  P. 

Langley,LillieL |   ^^      {;; 

Levake,  Eliz.  Statira  (Robinson)  1883  P. 

Lyon,  Katharine 1883  P. 

Lewis,  Willis  Grant 1884  P. 

Lewis,  Hattie  Allen 1884  L. 

Lamson,  Warfen  H 1887  L. 

Lamson,  Mary  McC. 18S7  L. 

Lamson,  Harrison  G 1889  P. 

Lund,  Peter  Lauritz  Petersen..   1890  P. 

Lemmon,  Jennie  C 1890  P. 

L3mn,  Catharine  C. 1892  L. 

Levy,  Louis  Lazar  - 1894  P. 

Levy,  May 1894  P. 

Morehouse,  Abijah bef.  1813  R.C. 

Meeker,  Esther bef.  1813  R.C. 

May,  Henry 1808  R.C. 

May,   Almira 1808  R.C. 

Mallett,  William i8ir  R.C. 

Mallett,  1811  R.C, 

May,  Joseph 1811R.C. 

May,  Sophia 1811  R.C. 

May,  Sylvester 1811  R.C. 

May,  Grace '^"  ^^^^ 

•"  1815 

Munn,  Hannah _  1808 

Mallett,  Harriet 1815 

Mallett,  Avis... 1815 


Dismission 


dism. 


1894 


Death. 


,^.83 


1885 
1892 
1894 
1888 


1830 


1879 
1894 


Remarks. 


■wid.  of . 

w.  of  Asahel  L. 


wid.  of  Jarvis. 
wtd.  of  James  C. 
■w.  of  Lionel. 


wid.  of  Hanford. 
w.  of  Rowland  B. 
7v.  of  George  L. 
dau.  of  Hanford. 
w.  of  Dr.  George  F. 


w.  of  Abram  H. 


s.  of  Rowland  B. 
dau.  of  Rowland  B. 
dau.  of  Abram  H. 
dau.  of  Abram  H. 
w.  of  Frederick  J.  Lockwood, 
[dau.  Thos.  C.  Wordin. 

■w.  of  "W."  g"  sV. " 

wid.  of  Alanson  F. 
dau.  of  Alanson  F, 
■w.  of  Walter. 


w.  of  Wm.  A. 
w.  of  Burnside. 


w.  of  Willis  G. 


w.  of  Warren  H. 
s.  of  Warren  H. 


dau.  of  Lionel. 


zo.  of  Louis  L. 


w.  of  David. 
w.  of  Henry. 
TV.  of  William. 
w.  of  Joseph. 


1829 


w.  of  Sylvester. 
w.  of  James  ? 


— 220 — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Meeker,  Nancy 1815 

Meeker,  Susan _  1815 

Montross,  David  Ira 1817 

Merwin,  Sally 1817 

Malone}',  Emily 1821 

Munn,   Henry 1821 

Milton,  St.  John 1821 

Mallett,  Lauretta 1821 

Miles,  Susan  ..- 1821 

Morehouse,  Mary 1823 

Morse,  Sally 1823 

Mallor}^  Daniel 1825 

Munson,  Eliza 1826      L, 

Moore,  Luther 1827      L. 

Mead,  Rufus,  F.  M.  1827 1828      L. 

Mead,  Elizabeth 1828      L. 

Middlebrook.Ephr'm,  P.M.  1826  1828      L. 

Middlebrook,  Betsey 1828 

Morris,  Eliza  E 

Mills,  Polly 1828 

Moore,  Ann  S bef.  1827 

Moore,  Catharine 1834 

Merserole,  Mary  L. 1835 

Milne,  Huldah 1832 

Morehouse,  Roxana 1836 

Merril,  Charlotte 1839      L, 

McCauley,  Irene  M 1838      L. 

Mott,  Joseph 1844      P, 

Miner,  Isaac 1851      L, 

Miner,  Esther  I. 1851       L, 

Miner,  Charles  M 1851      L, 

Miner,  Harriet  H 1851       L, 

Marsh,  Helen  C j   Jg^^      L 

Mallard,  Caroline 1845      P. 

Middlebrook,  E.  B.  (soc.  1868) 

Marsh,  Egbert  (soc.  1856) 1857      P, 

Meeker,MaryE 1855      L, 

Meeker,  George  H _ 

Mallory,  Benajah 1856      L, 

Mallor3%  Catharine 1856      L, 

Murdock,  Isabella 1857      L, 

Murphy,  Mary  Ann 1857      P, 

Mallory,  George 

Murdock,  Hugh 

Mills,  Thomas 1858      L, 

Mills,  Emma , 1858      P, 

Mills,  Susan  W 1858      P, 

Mallory,  Eliza  B 185S      P. 

Mallory,  Thomas  D 1857      L, 

Marsh,  William  E..  (soc.  1861) 

Morris,  Lj'dia  E 1859      L 

Morris,  Joseph  L 

Marsh,  Dr.  William  E 

Marsh,  Anna 

Marsh,  David  H 

Marsh,  Susan 


Dismission. 


1828 
dism. 
rem. 
1830 

rem. 
1830 


1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 

1841? 
rem. 
rem. 
dism. 


dism. 
abs. 

1868 
186S 
1858 
1886 


1858 
1862 
1862 


1862 


1870 

1858 
1858 

1861 
1861 


Death. 

1853 
1823 


aft.  1856 


1879 


1871 


1862,  cs.  74 
1869,  tz.  77 
1867, «.  71 


1867 
1868,^.  58 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Charles  of  Stratford. 


m.  Curtis. 


w.  of  Samuel, 
fr.  New  Milford. 


w.  of  Rufus. 
w.  of  Ephraim. 


w.  of  Mark. 


7V.  of 


w.  of  Isaac. 


w.  of  Egbert. 
w.  of  William. 


w.  of  Geo.  H. 
w.  of  Benajah. 


w.  of  Thomas. 
7a,  of  Benj.  K. 
w.  of  Thomas  D. 


w.  of  Joseph  L. 


— 221  — 


Name. 


Admission. 


Moore,  Elizabeth 1864      P. 

Moore,  James  H.,  (soc.  1857-68) 

Mills,  Abbie   M 1867      L. 

Mills,  Walter  K 

Mead,  Annie  K.  ..- 

Mead,  George  W 

Middlebrook,  Mary  B 1850      L. 

Marsh,  Nancy  W 1858      P. 

Mott,  Grisel  A -j    ^gif^      ^' 

Moore,  Elizabeth  W 1874  L. 

Middlebrook,  Mary  Ida 1874  P. 

Mills,  Benjamin  K.  (soc.  1857).   1876  Rest. 

Morris,  Jeannette. 1877  P. 

Middlebrook,  Stiles  M 1878  L. 

Middlebrook,  William   N 1878  L. 

Middlebrook,  Jessie  Elizabeth  -   1878  P. 

Middlebrook,  Clarence  M 1878  P. 

Mathern,  Elizabeth  (Aucher)-.-   1877  P. 

Mott,  Anna  E 1879  L. 

Mott,  Josephine  Augusta 1880  P. 

Moodv,  Ella  Aurora 1880  P. 

Mahony,  Emily  Belle  (Fuller)..   18S0  P. 

Miner,  Mary  J 1879  L. 

Marsh,  Egbert 1884  L. 

Mathern,  Bertha 1885  P. 

Miller.  Rachel  Buckley 1884  L. 

Miller,  Frederick  Buckley 1884  L. 

Moore,  Margaret  Amanda 1884  L. 

Miller,  Elizabeth 1885  P. 

Mahr,  Mrs.  Frances. 1885  L. 

Martensdale,  Carolina 1888  L. 

Mathern,  Charlotte.- 1889  P. 

Middlebrook,  Lillian  Louise...   1888  P. 

Mott,  Ann  Helen  (Orr) 1890  L. 

Mott,  Willard  Henry 1890  P. 

Mott,  Edward  Henry 1890  P. 

Morris.  Lulu  Evelyn 1891  L. 

Mott,  Nellie  Louise. 1894  P. 

McGrath,  Helen  Fannie 1886  L. 

Meeker,  Lucy  Jones 1892  L. 

Nichols,  Polly 1811 

Nichols,  David 1815 

Nichols, 1815 

Nichols,  Phebe ^. j    „  x 

Nash,  William  Burr 1815 

Nichols,  Mary 1815 

Nails,  Esther 1815 

Nash,  Esther 1815 

Nichols,  Lavinia 1821 

Northrup,  Liba 1822 

Northrup,  Phebe 1822      L, 

Northrup,  Eliza 1822      L, 

Nichols,  David  B. 1826? 


Dismission. 


1870 
1870 


1878 
1865 

1886 


1886 


1886 
1886 


1830 
1830 

1830 


1830 
1830 


Death. 
1867 

abt.  1871 

1883 

1883 

1894 
1887 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Jas.  H. 
TV.  of  Walter  K. 


w.  of  Dr.  E.  B. 
w.  of  Wm.  E. 

wtd.  of  Joseph. 

w.  of  Jas.  S. 

w.  of  Clarence  M.,  dau.  of 

[Peleg  Bronson. 
dati.  of  John  H. 

J.  of  Stiles  M. 
TV.  of  Wm.  N. 
s.  of  Charles. 
w.  of  John. 
Tvid.  of  John  J. 
dau.  of  John  J, 

TO.  of  Jas.  P. 


s.  of  Rachel, 


7<y.  of  Willard  H. 
s.  of  John  J. 


1838 


TV.  of  Edward  F. 


to  South  Carolina. 
TV.  of  David. 

TV.  of  Stiles. 

from  Fairfield. 


to  South  Carolina. 


TV.  of  Liba. 
TV.  of  Norman. 


222 


Name. 


Admission. 


Northrup,  Nicholas,  F.M.  1823.   1827      P. 

Nichols,  Wheeler 1827      P. 

Nichols,  Jane  M 1827      P. 

Nash,  William  B 1827      L. 

Nash,  Ruth  Martha -   1827      L. 

Nichols,  Eliza  - ---   1828       L. 

Northrup,  Caroline bef.  1826 

Naramore,  Mary 1831  ..». 

Nichols,  Nancy ---   1834 

Niles,  Samuel  (soc.  1834) 1841 

Nichols,  Lucinda 1844      P. 

Nichols,  Charles  A 1851 

Nichols,  Lucy  (Betts) 1844      P. 

Nichols,  Nelson  C 1847      L. 

Naramore,  Susan  W 1858      P. 

Nicholson,  Samuel  G. 

Nichols,  Eli  T.  (soc.  1856) 1864  . 

Nash,  William  B.,  M.D 1862 

Nash,  Anna 1862 

Nichols,  Eliza  L j  ^gg 

Norton,  Sarah  E.  (Averill) 186S 

Naramore,  Caroline  (Worden)..   1839 

Naramore,  William  W 1844 

Nichols,  Stephen... 1831 

Nichols,  Emeline 1838 

Nichols,  Eliza  N.  (Faulkner)...   1841 

Nicholson,  Harriet  E 1858 

Nash,  Dr.  David  H 1862 

Nash,  Susan 1862 

Norton,  Wilfrid  E 1868 

Nash,  Isabel  Bullock 1876 

Nichols,  Frances  S. 1884 

Northrop,  Joseph  Walter 1885 

Northrop,  Mary  Elvira 1885 

Naramore,  Annie  B. 1889 

Nash,  Susan  Sterling i88g 

Nothnagle,  Lucy  Johnson 1891 

Nichols,  Martha 1864 

Oviatt,  Mary 1815 

Oviatt,  Nancy 1816 

Oviatt,  Daniel  B. 1818 

Ogden,  Lucinda  A 1821 

Olmstead,  Eliza 1827 

Oviatt,  George  A 1S27 

O'Neil,  Esther bef.  1S26 

Oakley,  William  B. 1844 

Oakley,  Ann  Eliza  (Fancher)...   1844 

Olmstead,  Hiram 1844 

Olmsted,  Julia  W 1847 

Overton,  Samuel 1855 

Oakley,  Mary  M 1867 

Oakle)^,  Hezekiah. — 

Overton,  George  S 

Overton,  Deborah 1855       L 

Overton,  Mary  Isabel  (Stratton)  1869      L 


Dismission, 


Death. 


1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
dism. 


1859 


1887 


1887 
1887 


1830 

1830 
1827 

1832 

1859 
1859 

dism. 


Remarks. 


1863,  <^.  72 
1850 


1868,(2.64 


1867,  <?.  49 
1872 


1893 
1890 
1893 

1882 
1888 


w.  of  Nicholas. 
wtd. . 


Gould. 

to  New  Haven. 
w.  of  Nelson  C. 


/«.  Dr.  Abelardo  DeLuna. 


w.  of  William  B. 

w.  of  Walter. 

w.  of  Wilfrid  E. 
w.  of  William  W. 

w.  of  Stephen.  [C.  Niles. 

wid.  of  David  B.,  wid.  of  Sam'l. 
TV.  of  Samuel. 

w.  of  Dr.  David  H. 

w.  of  Andrew  E. 

w.  of  Joseph  Walter. 
dau.  of  Andrew  E. 
wid.  of  Eli. 
w.  of  Daniel. 


i860,  <2.  52 
1869,  iz.40 


1893 


m. Ayres. 

wid.  of . 

to  Yale  College. 


w.  of  William  B. 

w.  of . 

wid.  of  Hezekiah. 


wid.  of  Samuel. 
w.  of  George  S. 


—223— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Dismission. 


Death. 


Remarks. 


Odell,  William  Sair 

Odell,  Kate  Mortimer 

Ockington,  Mary  E 

Ott,  Minnie  L 

Orford,  Margaret  Frances. 
Olaidatter,  Hilda  C 


Parrott,  Abraham bef. 

Parrott, bef. 

Parrott,  Abraham,  Jr.  _ bef. 

Parrott,  Lucy  W bef. 

Piatt,  Moses bef. 

Piatt, bef. 

Porter,  Ellen 

Penfield,  Hannah 

Pierce,  Clarissa.. 

Parsons,  Mercy 

Peabody,  Cornelia  Maria 

Price,  Zalmon 

Peck.  Eliza 

Porter,  PollyAnn 

Perry,  Sally 

Post,  Edward 

Porter,  Otis 

Pool,  Abigail 

Porter,  Sarah  M 

Porter,  Edward bef. 

Peet,  Lucy bef. 

Porter,  Samuel bef. 

Parrott,  Esther bef. 

Piatt,  Lavinia 

Peck,  Harriet 

Parrott,  Legrand 

Parrott,  Charlotte 

Porter,  Elizabeth _ 

Page,  Emily  B 

Porter,  Edward  E 

Piersall,  Mary  J 

Peet,  Seele}' 

Preston,  John  (soc.  1850-1880) 
Page,  Rev.  Benjamin  St.  John.. 

Peck,  Benedict. 

Pye,  Grace  M 

Parsons,  Lavinia  Piatt 

Parsons,  Frederick  A.  (soc.  1850) 

Preston,  C.Ttharine  Ann 

Parrott,  Julia  B 

Peters,  Mary  G 

Perrj^,  John  L 

Peet,  Gordon  I 

Pease,  Lucinda  E. 

Patterson,  Stephen  J.  (soc.  1850) 

Patterson,  Harriet  S. 

Piatt,  Mary  C 

Parrott,  Henry  R.  (soc.  1856)... 


881 


886 


813  R.C. 
8t5  .-.- 
813  R.C. 
815  --.- 
813  R.C. 
813  R.C. 
813  R.C. 
813  R.C. 

809 

812 

15  ---- 

816 

821 

821 

821 

822 

827  L. 
827  P. 
827  P. 
827  P. 
827   P. 

826 

826 

830 

830  .... 

831  .... 
831  .... 
831  -.-. 
831  .... 
839  P. 
847  L. 
847  L. 
851  ---. 


859   P. 
861   L. 


862 
863 


1884 

1884 
18S5 


1830 


dism. 
1842 
rem. 
1830 
dism. 
1830 

1830 
1830 


1859 
dism. 
1868 
1868 

1854 
dism. 

1853 


1854 
1856 

1853 

1S72 
1S72 
1862 

i860 

1868 
1872 
1862 


1867,(^.86 


1861 
1842 
1852 

^856 


1859 


w.  of  William  S. 

w.  of  B.  F. 

w.  of  George  C. 


w.  of  Abraham. 


w.  of  Abraham,  Jr. 


w.  of  Moses. 
w.  of  Samuel. 

wid.  of ,  from  Fairfield. 

^u.  of  Nathaniel. 
w.  of  Titus. 
m. Coty. 


70.  of  Starr. 
w.  of  Tolman. 


wid.  of 


w.  of  Legrand. 

w.  of  Rev.  Benjamin  St.  J. 


wtd.  of 
w.  of  — 


w.  of  Stephen  J. 


— 224 — 


I^ame. 


Admission. 


Pond,  John  E.  (soc.  1868)--- - 

Pond,  Maria  N.  (Niles) |  Jg^|  ^ 

Preston,  Nettie  E. 1864  P. 

Parsons,  J.  Morton.. 1865  L. 

Porter,  Clarence  D 

Price,  Betse)^  - 1867  L. 

Parsons,  Harriet  Alice  .-- 1867  P. 

Pitcher,  Miss  Mary  Louise 1867  P. 

Parrott,  Fred.  W.  (soc.  1837-82) 

Prescott,  James  B.  — - 

Piatt,  Benjamin  W 1831 

Peck,  Jennetta 1831 

Parrott,  Mary  Ann 1832 

Pease,  Hannah 1833 

Preston,  Phebe  Ann 1839  L. 

Prout,  Asenath 1842  P. 

Porter,  Henry  H.  --- 1856  P. 

Porter,  Eliza  F.  H 1848?  P. 

Parrott,  Henry  S. 1858  P. 

Perkins,  Mary  J.  M 1858  P. 

Preston,  Alice  A. 1858  P. 

Parrott,  Annie  J.  (Garland) 1863  P. 

Parrott,  Lucretia  A 1867?  P. 

Prescott,  Juliette  D 1868  L. 

Pond,  Edwin  Walter 1866  L. 

Porter,  Isabella  (Mills) ,..  1866  P. 

Palmer,  Rev.  Charles  Ray,  D.D.  1872  L. 

Palmer,  Mary  Barnes 1872  L. 

Porter,  Fanny  Sherwood 1874  P. 

Paddock,  Susie  Roberta 1877  P. 

Petersen,  John. 1876  L. 

Petersen,  Mina -.  1876  L. 

Peck,  Rev.  Charles  Huntington  1877  L. 

Peck,  Anna  Crossman 1877  L. 

Prescott,  Lucy  H 1879  P. 

Preston,  Mary  Emily  (Stillman)  1880  P. 

Peck,  Maria  E 1882  L. 

Parrott,  Hattie  G 1882  P. 

Palmer,  Alfred  Barnes 1883  P. 

Palmer,  Edith  Burr 3885  P. 

Petersen,   Thekla  Josephine —  1884  P. 

Petersen,  John  M.  Trombold  ..  1885  P. 

Petersen,  Minnie  Elizabeth 1885  P. 

Plumb,  Luzerne  D 1880  P. 

Poirier,  Elizabeth  P.  (Warner).-  1S84  P. 

Patterson,  Harriet  S. -- 1862  P. 

Pond,  Elise  Falconer 1889  P. 

Pagels,  E.  H.  Victor 1891  L. 

Peck,  Vincent  C 1892  L. 

Porter,  Emily- 1883  P. 

Palmer,  Maria  Waud 1887  L. 

Palmer,  Harriet  Shepard 1887  L. 

Pierce,  George  E 1894  L. 

Pierce,  Florence  H 1894  L. 

Pierce,  Florence  C 1894  P. 


Dismission. 


1865 

1871 
1868 

1870 


1878 


1890 


1879 

1879 

1882 
1882 

1894 


Death. 


1869,^.  31 


1883 
1883 


1895 


Remarks. 


w.  of  John  E. 

m.  Isaac  B.  Lefergy. 


w.  of . 

w.  of  J.  Morton. 


w.  of  John. 
w.  of  Hiram. 


[Middlebrook. 
w.  of  Robert,  dazi.  of  Dr.  E.  B. 
dau.  of  John. 
w.  of  Henry  R. 
w.  of  Frederick  W. 
wid.  of  James  B. 

w.ofClarenceD., (/aw.  of  Thomas 
Pastor  Emeritus,  Sept.  i,  1895. 
w.  of  Rev.  C.  Ray. 
dau.  of  Henry  H. 
w.  of  Miner  H. 


.... 

7V.  of  John. 

.... 

w.  of  Charles  H. 

.... 

w.  of  Dr.  James  C. 

1893 
1892 

dati.  of  Henry  R. 
J.  of  Rev.  C.  Ray. 
dau.  of  Rev.  C.  Ray. 
dau.  of  John. 

.... 

w.  of  John  M, 



■w.  of  George  ('. 
■w.  of  Samuel  J. 
dau.  of  John  H. 

-225— 


Name. 


Admission.  Dismission.       Death 


Quintard,  John  H i860      L. 


Risley,  Hezekiah - 

Risley,  Laura 

Rockwell,  David   S 

Ryan,  Marsh 

Robinson,  James  W. 

Riggs,  Harriet 

Robinson,  Julia 

Rood,  Edwin 

Robinson,  Maria  C. 

Rogers,  Lucy  A. 

Rogers,  Abner 

Rogers,  Lucy  M.. 

Reid,  Martha 

Ross,  Betsey 

Rogers,  Isaac  R.- 

Richards,  Rev.  George  (Pastor). 

Richards,  Ann  Maria 

Richards,  Josephine  E 

Richards,  Anna  W. 

Richards,  George  J 

Robie,  John  A.  (soc.  1868-1874) 

Rolf,  Margaret  E.  A 

Richards,  William  Rogers 

Robinson,  Sarah  E. 

Rowland,  Catharine 

Rogers,  Abby  L. 

Russell,  Rev.  Charles  H 

Russell,  Anna  A. . 

Robie,  Sibyl  B. 

Rogers,  Samuel  T. 

Russell,  Mary  Tallman 

Robinson,  John  H 

Robinson,  M.  J.  - 

Strong,  Joseph bef. 

Summers,  Stephen bef. 

Sterling,  David.. bef. 

Sterling,  Sarah bef. 

Sterling,  Philip bef. 

Sterling,  Ruth bef. 

Sterling,  Jesse,  F.M.  1809  ..bef. 

Sterling,  Sally ..bef. 

Standish,  John.. 

Standish,  Naomi 

Seeley,  Joseph ■< 


Seeley,  Ruth _.   .. 

Snow,  John 

Snow,  Hannah 

Sherman,  Ira < 

Summers,  Alice 

Sherman,  Mary,  2d 

15 


809  R.C. 
809  R.C. 

821 

831  --- 
831  ---. 
839  ---- 
844      P. 


845 
856 
856 
856 
856 
859 
864 


868 
870 

859 
861 
865 
864 
868 
867 
S70 
882 
886 


$13  R.C 
513R.C, 
ii3R.C, 
113  R.C, 
!i3  R.C. 
S13R.C. 
iiSR.C, 
ii6 


3  R.C 


S09 
809 
810 
809 
819 

19 
819 

856 
808 

:8o8 


R.C 
R.C, 
R.C, 

R.c' 
R.C, 
R.C, 
R.C, 
P. 


1862 


1833 
rem. 
1868 
1850 
1868 

1845 
1861 
i860 
abs. 
i860 


1871 
1871 
1871 
1871 
1871 


1871 

1892 
1880 


1887 
1887 


1830 
1830 


1866,  i^.  73 


bef.  1886 

1895 
1888 


1873 


1869,  <z.  76 

1823,  i^.  62 
1832 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Hezekiah. 


w.  of  James. 
w.  of . 


7V.  of  Abner. 

wid.  of Spooner. 


w.  of  Rev.  George. 
dau.  of  Rev.  George. 
dau.  of  Rev.  George. 


m.  James  Collin. 

w.  of  George  L.  (soc.  1856?) 
w,  of  George  M. 
w.  of  Isaac. 

w.  of  Charles  H. 
wi'd.  of  John  A. 


7c.  of  John  H. 


wid,  of . 

TCI.  of  Philip. 


w.  of  Jesse. 
w.  of  John. 


ui,  of  Joseph. 
TV.  of  John. 


-cU.   of 


— 226 — 


Name. 


Admission, 


Smith,  Phebe 

Summers,  Urania  — 

Summers,  Betty., — 

Sturges,  Isaac 

Sturges,  Joseph  Porter  (soc.1834) 

Sturges,  Sarah 

Seeley,  Betsey. 

Sherman,  Dea.  Isaac  (soc.  1809) 

Sterling,  Dea.  Silvanus 

Sherman,  Maria 

Sterling,  Polly 

Seeley,  Ruth .__ 

Slater,  Joel 

Seeley,  Mary 

Skinner,  Abigail  — 

Standish,  Naomi 

Smith,  Mehitable 

Seeley,  Nancy 

Spinning,  Elijah  Crane 

Shipman,  Harriet 

Sherman,  Laura 

Selby,  Maria  Antoinette 

Sherman,  Anson 

Sherman,  Caroline 

Sterling,  Ann  Strong 

Summers,  Susan 

Sterling,  Legrand. 

Summers,  Lucinda  Maria 

Sterling,  George — 

Shepherd,  Minerva 

Shepherd,  Mehitable 

Sherman,  Mary 

Sterling,  Jane  E bef. 

Southworth,  Mary bef. 

Spinning,  Salome bef. 

Summers,  Hulda  (Wakele)')  bef. 

Sterling,  Emma ..bef. 

St.  John,  Milton bef. 

Seeley,  Polly 

Sherman, bef. 

Sherman,  Ann  Eliza bef. 

Sterling,  Capt.  Danl.,  P.M.  1808 

Sherwood,  Mary 

Sherwood,  Sally 

Sterling,  Deborah _bef. 

Stillman,  Emily 

Stillman,  Clarissa 

Sherwood,  Albert  E. 

Sherwood,  Dea.  David 

Sherwood,  Anna 

Stillman,  Henry  W 

Stillman,  Asenath 

Sherman,  Jane  E. 

Sterling,  Eloisa .. 

Sterling,  Margaret  A 

Sherman,  Eliza 

Smith,  Harriet 


808 


812 

812 

S12 

812 

815  -.-- 
815  .--- 
815  ---- 
815  .... 
815-.- 
815  .... 

816 

818 

819 

819 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

822 

827  P. 
827  L. 
827  P. 
827   P. 

826 

826 

826 

826 

826 

826 

815  .-- 

830 

830 

828 

828 

817--.. 

830 

831  .--- 


Dismission.      Death. 


831 
831 
831 
831 
831 
83  r 
831 
831 
831 
831 


1830 


dism. 


dism. 


1834 


rem. 
rem. 


1827 
1830 

1827 
1830 

1830 
1833 


rem. 
1823 


1868 


1837 


Remarks. 


m. Gouge. 

dau.  of  Elnathan. 
w.  of  Matthew. 


aft.  1856  to  Greenfield  Hill. 

w.  of  Isaac. 
1823,  ca.  39  «'.  of  James  I. 
1863,  (2.  75;»;.  Maria  Burroughs  ;  j,  of  David 
1848  [and  Rebecca  (French). 

1868,  (2.77  w.  of  Isaac. 


1866,  <z.  74 


1875 


1853 
1858 
1881 

1835 


i860 


1871 


1857 


1877 
1837,  <^.  83 


I853,/^.  76 
1877 


1869,^.  55 
i875,(?.88 

1868,  CB.  74 

1873 
1852 
1889 
1874 
1857 
1852 

1866,  <^.  54 


gave  the  parsonage  to  church. 
w.  of  Joseph. 


w.  of  Nathaniel  L. 
w.  of  John. 


wid.  of  — 
w.  of  Ira. 


m.  ——  Moore. 


w.  of  Dr.  William. 


w.  of  Sherwood. 

w.  of  Elijah  Crane. 
w.  of  Anson  or  Aaron. 
w.  of  David,  Jr. 

■w.  of  David  V, 

w.  of  Anson. 

wid.  of  Isaac,  Jr. 

s.  of  Abijah  and  Eunice. 

w.  of  Seeley. 

dau.  of  Wyllys. 
w.  of  Wyllys. 

s.  of  Stephen. 
w,  of  David. 

w.  of  Henr)'  W.  [man, 

m.  R.  B.  Lace)%  dau.  Isaac  Sher- 
■w.  of  Legrand. 

771. Hussey. 

771.  J.  G.  Adams. 


I 


— 22/ — 


Name. 


Admission, 


Street,  Debby  Ann 1831 

Smith,  William 1831 

Smith,  Howard  (soc.  1835) 1831 

Smith,  Lucina  D 1S31 

Southmayd,  Thomas 1832 

Smith,  Isaac... 1832 

Selleck,  Deborah. 1833 

Shadbolt,  Robert. 1834 

Samis,  Abigail 

Stevens,  Margaret 1834 

Sherwood,  Eliza 1835      P. 

Suydam,  William 1835 

Suydam,  Sarah.. —   1835 

Smith,  Mary  Ann 1837 

Selleck,  Phebe 1838 

Suydam,  Julia  A 1838      L. 

Stillman,  John  J |  IsSo  "L". 

Stillman,  Margaret  J 1838 

Suydam,  Martha 1839      P. 

Sterling,  Hannah  (Judson) 1840      P. 

Smith,  Mary bef.  1841 

Spinning,  Caroline __  1844      P. 

Spinning,  Anna  M 1845 

Spinning,  Elizabeth , 1845       P. 

Selleck, 1841      L. 

Seeley,  Maria 1845      ?• 

Stillman,  Grace  L 1845      L. 

Stillman,  Arabella 1845       P. 

Stillman,  Caroline  S 1847      L, 

Stillman,  John  J 1847      L, 

Seeley,  Morgan 1852      L. 

Seeley,  Sally. 1852      L. 

Seeley,  David  V 

Sherwood,  Seeley _ 

Stillman,  Wyllys 

Smith,  Edwin bef.  1870 

Stillman,  Emily. 

Sterling,  Nathaniel 

Strong,  Henry  P 1853      L. 

Strong,  Sarah  Adelia 1853      L, 

Sherman,  Starr 1854      L, 

Sherman,  Harriet 1854      L, 

Sprague,  Nathan  G 1854      L, 

Slosson,  Henry  V 1855       P, 

Sterling,  Emily 1855       P, 

Smith,  Evelina 1857      L, 

Seeley,  Elizabeth  A. ._   1855       P, 

Smith,  A 

Sterling,  Walter _ 1858      P, 

Sherman,  Henry  B... 1858      P, 

Staples,  Georgi ana  A _   1858       P. 

Sterling,  Mary  M.  H 1857      L 

Smith,  Rev.  Matson  M 1859      L 

Smith,  Mary  S 1859      L 

Sammis,  Franklin 1859      L 


Dismission. 


exc.  1834 


dism. 
dism. 
1867 

1867 
1881 


dism. 
1859 

1870 
1870 
1870 


1856 
1856 
i860 
i860 

1855 

1859 
1870 
1861 


1862 

1865 
1865 
1871 


Death. 


1834 

1859 

1868,(^.59 

1845 


1852 
1849 


Remarks. 


w.  of  Warren  W. 


w.  of  Albert  E. 


1867,^^.40 


1852,  <^.  71 
aft.  1 891 


1858,^.36 
i860 


1870.^,55 
1859 

i860 


wid.  of  Rufus  Burr. 


w.  of  Capt.  Daniel. 
wid.  of . 


m.  John  F.  Wheaton. 
w.  of  Warren  W. 


m.  Hickson  Fowler. 
w.  of  John  J. 


w.  of  Henry  P. 
w.  of  Starr. 


in  Illinois. 


dau.  of  Morgan. 

w.  of . 

engineer,  Housatonic  R.  R. 


w.  of  Legrand. 


—228— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Sammis,  Sabra  V 1859  L. 

Scott,  Elizabeth 1859  L. 

Sterling,  Nancy -   1859  L. 

Sanderson,  Harriet  J 1859  L. 

Smith,  William  E.-- 1859  P. 

Smith,  Julia i860  L. 

Sturdevant,  Mary  S 1861 

Shaw,  Mary  Jane 1862  L. 

Storrs,  Fanny  A... 1863  P. 

Sanderson,  Mary  R.. 1863  P. 

Seeley,  Ezra  N 1863  P. 

Smith,  Norman  W 1863  P. 

Smith,  Emily  Stewart 1863  P. 

Stewart,  Adelia  A 1864  P. 

Stewart,  Imogene 1864  P. 

Staniford,  Henry  E 1864  L. 

Stewart,  John  L.  (soc.  1856-1868) 

Smith,  Lydia  A 1865  P. 

Smith,  Edward  W 1865  P. 

Sanderson,  George  W. 1866  P. 

Stevenson,  John  C 1866  L. 

Stevenson,  Eleanor  A.  (McGrath)  1866  L. 

St.  John,  Joseph 1867  P. 

St.  John,  Anna  E 1867  P. 

St.  John,  George  A. 1867  L. 

St.  John,  Adaline 1867  L. 

Slosson,  J.   P 1867  L. 

Scoville,  Seward 

Scoville,  Lemuel 1867  L. 

Scoville,  Augusta  C 1867 

Sanborne,  Anson 1861  P. 

Sanborne,  Hannah 1861  P. 

Sanderson,  Emma  J. 186S  P. 

Stratton,   Henrietta _   1869  L, 

Sterling,  Lorenzo  B 1831  P. 

Selleck,  Warren  W 1833  L, 

Smith,  Sally 1837  L, 

Sprague,  Lucretia  E. 1854  L, 

Sterhng,  Sabra  S.. ..   1852  L, 

Sage,  Dr.  Henry  L 1857  L 

Selleck,  Eliza  D 1858  P, 

Spinning,  Harriet  A 1856  P, 

Spinning,  Anna  B.  (Lendeveg)..   1858  L 

Smith,  Elizabeth 1857  L 

Smith,  Horace 1858  P 

Spinning,  Theodore  A _.   1858  P 

Spinning,  Edgar  G. 1862  L 

Sterling,  Henrietta  E. 1862  L 

Sanderson,  John  H. 1859  L 

Sanderson,  Jane 1859  L 

Seeley,  Carrie  A.. 1863  P 

Sherwood,  Charles 1864  P 

Stewart,  Mary  L 1864  P 

Smith,  Eli  C. 1864  P 

Stillman,  Horace  C. 1864  P 

Scott,  Samuel  T 1863  P 


Dismission. 


1871 


1867 
1867 
1864 

^865 

1867 
1865 
1865 


1870 
1866 


1870 
1870 
1870 
1870 
1870 


1862 
1862 

1870 


Death. 


1863,^.78 


1867,  (Z.2\ 


April  7, 


1881 
1884 

1858 


1883 


1885 
1891 


dau.  of  John  H. 


Remarlcs. 


w.  of  John  H. 


w.  of  William  E. 
w.  of . 


to  South  Church. 

m.  S.  B.  Terry. 

1866,  a,  24.     Soldier. 

w.  of  John  C. 
s.  of  George  A. 
dau.  of  George  A. 

w.  of  George  A. 


w.  of  Lemuel. 


wid.  of  Edwin. 
w.  of  Nathan  G. 
wid.  of  Walter. 


wid.  of  Warren  W. 
w.  of  Edgar. 
w.  of  Theodore  A. 
w.  of  Horace. 


7uid.  of  Legrand. 


dati.  of  John  H. 
dau.  of  Morgan. 


zvid.  of  John  L. 
s.  of  Horace. 
s.  of  John. 


— 229 — 


Admission, 


Sage,  Lavinia  Todd 1865  L. 

Stillman,  Grace  M 186S  L. 

Stillman,  Sarah  M 1869  P. 

Stillman,  Caroline  A.  G 1873  L. 

Selbie,  Patrick 1874  P. 

Stanley,  H.  Dwight 1874  P. 

Stanley,  Emma  A.  (B.) 1874  L. 

Sammis,  Francis  B. 1875  L. 

Sterling,  Ada  C 1874  P. 

Stewart,  Ruth 1874  L. 

Sherwood,  Emma  C 1874  P. 

Sherwood,  Clara  Ann  -. 1874  P. 

Smith,  Mary  E.  (Wright) 1875  L. 

Smith,  Horace  Winfield 1876  P. 

Stillman,  Albert  W 1876  P. 

Spencer,  J.  Parker 1876  P. 

Sanderson,  Hattie  Alice _  1876  P. 

Sanborn,  Isabella  Maria 1877  P. 

Sterling,  Maria  McCoy 1S76  P. 

Stark,  Dana  (Hatch) 1878  L. 

Stewart,  John  Wesley 1877  P. 

Sammis,  Frances  Allen 1878  P. 

Stillman,  Caroline  M. 1880  L. 

Smith,  Julia  Elizabeth 1880  L. 

Sterling,  John  Tolman i88r  L. 

Sterling,  Harriet  Elizabeth 1881  L. 

Sterling,  Matilda  L.  (Werner)  ..  1882  L. 

Stillman,  Helen  Blakeman 1882  P. 

Sirrett,  Sarah  M ._.  1883  L. 

Stevenson,  Lucinda 1883  P. 

Sanderson,  Lucien 1884  L. 

Swan,  Fanny  Bixby 1884  L. 

Swan,  Clarence 1884  P. 

Sanborn,  Joseph  Franklin 1884  P. 

Sprague,  Lucy  D. 1884  L. 

Spencer,  Samuel  C. 1884  P. 

Spencer,  Annie  Elizabeth 1884  P. 

Smith,  Ann,  Mrs.  ..- 1884  L, 

Stillman,  Emma  Maria 1884  L. 

Squires,  Ida  May 1884  L. 

Squires,  Emily  Loretta 1884  L. 

Salisbury,  Newton  Hough 1884  P. 

Salisbury,  Catharine  Taylor 1884  P. 

Stevens,  Mary  E 1884  L. 

Seirup,  Hans 1884  L. 

Sterling,  Charles  Sherwood 1885  P. 

Sharp,  Robert  Walter... 1885  L. 

Smith,  Chary  Couch 1885  P. 

Spinning,  Hattie  Louisa 1885  P. 

Spinning,  Verna  Balcom 1885  P. 

Simonds,  Henry  D 1887  L. 

Simonds,  Fanny  Abigail 1887  L. 

Sterling,  Mary  Louisa  (Osborn).  1887  L. 

Sage,  Bertha  Wheeler 1886  P. 

Spaulding,  Kate  M, 1886  L. 

Sirrett,  Susan  Jane 1888  P. 


1893 
1881 


1887 


1S85 

1881 
1893 


1895 


1891 

i88q 


1892 
1892 


1882 
1895 


1884 
1894 


1894 


Remarks. 

w.  of  Dr.  Henry  L. 
dau.  of  William  M. 
w.  of  William  M. 
w.  of  F.  M. 


w.  of  H.  D. 


dau.  of  Walter. 

w.  of  Hector  L.  [terson. 

w.  of  Charles,  dau.  of  S.  J.  Pat- 

dau.  of  Dea.  David. 

w.  of  Eli  C. 

s.  of  Horace. 

s.  of  William  M. 

dau.  of  John  H. 

w.  of  Joseph  F. 

wid.  of  Daniel  H. 

w.  of  Leonard  H.,  dau.oi'Lcz.v'iii. 


w.  of  Francis  B. 


w.  of  H.  M. 
s.  of  Charles. 
w.  of  John  T. 


dau.  of  William  M. 
wid.  of  William. 
wid.  of  William  G. 


w.  of  Clarence. 


w.  of  Arthur  J. 
w.  of  Samuel  C. 
w.  of  Frank  P. 


w.  of  Newton  H. 


dau.  of  Horace. 


w.  of  Henry  D. 
w.  of  Charles  S. 


— 230— 


Name. 


Admission, 


Smith,  Mary  Esther  Wright 1889  P. 

Sirrett,  Robert  Harry 1890  P. 

Sible}%  Sarah  Augusta 1892  L. 

Seward,  Daniel  B.  (soc.  1886)...   1891  P. 

Sawyer,  Andrew 1890  L. 

Sawyer,  Mary  F ._   1890  L. 

Sawyer,  Alice  M. 1890  L. 

Sherman,  Florence  A.  De 1892  P. 

Smith,  Daniel  Sanford 1894  P. 

Smith,  Ada  Dearborne 1894  P. 

Treadwell,  Sophia 1807 

Tomlinson,  Caleb 1815 

Thorp,  Capt.  Joel 1819 

Thorp,  Polly  .-. 1819 

Thompson,  Betsey 1821 

Thompson,  John  M.?.. 1821 

Thatcher,  Daniel 1828      L. 

Tomlinson,  Susan 

Tuttle,  Thankful 1816 

Thompson,  Marietta 1821 

Treadwell,  Mercy bef.  1826 

Thompson,  Fanny bef.  1826 

Treadwell,  Mary 1830 

Tobie,  Mrs.  Thomas bef.  1830 

Tweedy,  Samuel  L. 1831 

Thatcher,  Julia 1831 

Thompson,  William 1832 

Tracey,  Hannah  Graves —   1836      P. 

Thompson,  Nobles 1841      L. 

Thompson,  Maria,  Mrs 1841      L. 

Taylor,  Elizabeth 1845       P. 

Tomlinson,  Mary  H.  (Faulkner)  1847      L. 

Thurston,  Samuel  D 1852      L. 

Thurston,  Jane  Maria -  1852      L. 

Tracy,  George  F.  (soc.  1847) 1858      P. 

Tomlinson,  Stephen  (soc.  1863). 

Tracy,   Ebenezer 1853      L, 

Tracy,  Phebe 1853      L, 

Towne,  Rev.  Joseph  H 1855      L, 

Towne,  Eliza  I.  C. 1855      L, 

Taylor,  Rev. 

Thorpe,  Catharine 1855       P, 

Terry,  Juliette  - 1855      L, 

Terry,  Theodore — 

Trulock,  Marshall  S. 1863      P, 

Touc}%  Levi 

Toucy,  Esther  M.  (Ayres) 

Tomlinson,  Mary  (Linsley) 1864      P, 

Tracy,  Mary  Fanny. 1864      P, 

Trulock,  Victoria  B 1864      P 

Turner,  MaryC. 1858      P, 

Treat,  Miss  Mary  B 1869      L 

Thatcher,  Eunice  S 1863      L 

Todd,  Mary  C.  (Piatt) 1863      P, 

Trace)',  Helen  L 1864      P, 

Thompson,  Gideon  (soc.  1824)..   1869 


Dismission. 


1893 


1894 
1894 

1893 


1830 
1830 
1830 


exc. 

1857 

dism. 
1864 

^858 


1868 
1868 
1858 
1858 


1857 
185: 

1869 
1868 

1870 


Death. 


aft.  1834 
1838 


1867,  iZ".  79 

i860,  <2.  82 

1868,  cs.  72 
1831,^.  77 

1835 


1852 


1850 


1872 


1859 


1870,^.55 
1889 


Remarks. 


dau.  of  Eli  C. 


w.  of  Andrew. 
w.  of  Walter. 


s.  of  Eli  C. 

w.  of  Horace  W. 

w.  of  Robert. 


w.  of  Joel. 
w.  of  Lewis. 


w.  of  Gideon. 
w.  of  John  M. 


w.  of  Daniel. 
wid.  of  George  F. 
m.  Raymond  French. 
w.  of  Stephen. 
w.  of  Samuel  D. 


w.  of  Ebenezer. 

Pastor. 

w.  of  Rev,  J.  H. 


w.  of  Theodore. 


■w.  of  Levi. 

dau.  of  Stephen, 

dau.  Geo.  F.;  w.  H.  E.  Staniford 

m.  1866,  Gurnsey  W.  Davis. 

li).  of  James, 


■wid.  of  Daniel. 
w.  of  Eliphalet. 
w.  of  John  D. 


-231— 


Name. 


Thompson,  Emma  L 

Thomas,  Emma  J.  (Kellogg)  _ 
Treat,  Marv  Angelina  (Clark) 

Treat.  Mary  Clark 

Thompson,  Myrtle  A 

Thompson,  Phoebe  A 


Admission. 


UfFord,  Widow  Betsey 

Underwood,  Mary  L.  (Seward). 

Vail,  Franklin  Y 

Vail,  Catharine  M. 

Vose,  Polly  Ann 

Vandervoort,  Peter 

Van  Sickles,  Mathias  M 

Van  Gasbeck,  Fannie  (Hall)  __ 

Van  Gasbeck,  William  H 

Van  Syckel,  Amelia 

Van  Dalsan,  Rev.  Henry  A. 

Van  Dalsan,  Sarah  A 

Vervait,  Stephanie  M. 


Wade,  Nathaniel bef. 

Wheeler,  Ezra _ \ 


Wheeler,  Polly 

West,  William 

West,  Eunice 

Wordin,  Thomas  C. 


Wordin,  Nancy 

Wallace,  Perlina 

Wetmore,   Sally 

Wilcox,  Alvan 

Wilcox,  Patience 

Wheeler,  Sally 

Wordin,  Susanna 

Wordin,  Anna 

Whiting,  Seymour 

Wheeler,  Maria 

Wordin,  Lucy  - 

Wordin,  Mary  Ann 

Warner,   Hiram 

Wakeman,  Matilda 

Wells,  Charity 

Wheeler,  Rosanna 

Wade,  George 

Wanzer,  Thomas 

Waterman,  Susan  Johan. 

Wordin,  Clara 

Wheeler,  Eliza 

Wheeler,  Julianna 

Wright,  William 

Whittemore,  Robert  J 

Wheeler,   Marietta 


874 
874 
882 
891 
891 
892 

821 
890 

826 
826 
827 
821 


858 
864 
864 
882 
882 
893 


813  R.C. 
828  P. 
809  R.C. 
815  ---- 
809  R.C. 
815  ---- 
813  R.C. 
813  R.C. 
815  R.C. 
815  R.C. 

821 

821  R.C. 

808 

809 


812 

814 

815  -- 
815—- 
815  — - 
815  --- 
815  --.- 

816 

817  ---- 

819 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 

821 


Dismission. 

1878 
1880 


1893 
1893 


1882 
1882 


1830 


dism. 


1830 


dism. 
rem. 


rem. 
rem. 
1830 
1827 


Death. 


1892 


1857 
Nov.15'56 
Nov.16'56 

1866,  ^.  74 
1822,  <^.  74 


1821,^.  58 

1812 
1818,^.35 


1820,  <z.  24 
1842,  cs.  61 

1879 

1827,(^.35 


Remarks. 

dau.  of  S.  S.  Hanford 
w.  of  Dr.  J.  P. 
w.  of  Amos  S. 
c/au.  of  Amos  S. 
i^at(.  of  William  S. 
w.  of  William  S. 


w.  C.  S. 


Pastor. 

TV.  of  Rev.  F.  Y. 


w.  of  William. 
w.  of  Matthias  M. 
7(7.  of  Rev.  H.  A. 


w.  of  Ezra. 
w.  of  William. 


w.  of  Thomas  C. 
w.  of  Abijah. 


w.  of  Alvan. 
70,  of  Benjamin. 
dau,  of  William. 


to  New  York. 


dau.  of  Jedidiah. 


m. Gabandon. 


m.  Thompson. 


—232- 


Name. 


Admission. 


Waterman,  Julia  A 1821 

Wordin,  Laura .-   1821 

Waterman,  Emma.. 1821 

Wakeman,  Catharine 1821 

Wade,  Ann 1822 

Ward,  Thomas 1822 

Ward,  Anna 1822      L, 

Wheeler,  Benjamin  Samuel 1821 

Waterman,  Luc}^ 1824 

Wade,  Sarah 1825 

Wade,  Nathaniel,  Jr. 1825 

Wheeler,  Widow  Susan 1825 

Washburn,  Betsey  H 1826      L, 

Wood,  Frances 1S27      L 

Wells,  Widow  Julietta 1827      P. 

WoodhuU,  Mary.. 1827      P, 

Woodhull,  Samuel 1827      P 

Wilson,  Jarvis 1827       P, 

Whittemore,  Sally 1827      P. 

Williams,  Rhoda  Ann 1827      P. 

Ward,  Caroline 1828      P, 

Wolley,  Fanny 1S28      P, 

Wordin,  Laura ...1 1828       P, 

Wolcott,  Elizabeth 

Waterman,  Betsey  L bef.  1826 

Wordin,  Mrs bef.  1830 

Weeks,  Abigail 1831 

Weeks,  Charlotte 1831 

Wordin,  Nathaniel  S 1831       P. 

Weeks,  Ebenezer 1831 

Whiting,  Maria.. 1831 

Whiting,  Sarah  C 1831 

Woodworth,  W.  W 1831 

Wade,  Catharine 1831 

Wade,  Henry 1831 

Wordin,  Susan  M. 1831 

Whitehead,  Priscilla  N. 1831 

Wheeler,  Philo  C 1831 

Wordin,  Levi 1833       P 

Wilson,  John _ 1834 

Wilson,  Elizabeth. 1834 

Wilson,  Janette 1834 

Wheeler,  Emily 1835 

Woodridge,  Mary  Ann 1837 

Woodbridge,  Maiy 1837 

Woodbridge,  Emeline 1838.   .. 

Woodbridge,  Rev.  John 1837 

Woodruff,  John  L. 1839      L 

Woodruff" 1839      L 

Waterbury,  Charles 1839 

Wyatt,  Thomas 1839 

Wj'att,  Almira 1839 

Wordin,  FannyA.  (Leavenworth)  1840      L 

Whiting,  Mary 1841 

Wheeler,  Rhoda  T 1841      L 

Waterman,  Cordelia  (Sterling)..   1844      P. 
Wilson,  James 1844      P, 


Dismission, 


1830 

1830 
1830 

1S30 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1830 
1836 
1830 
1830 
1830 

1830 
1830 
1830 

dism. 


dism. 
1837 
1834 


dism. 

1838 
1838 
1838 
1S38 


dism. 
dism. 
dism. 


Death. 


1868 


1855 


aft.  1857 
aft.  1835 

1870,  CE.  69 

1858 
1853 


1892 
1841 

i860,  a.  79 

1885 
1852,^.82? 


Remarks. 


m.  Alanson  F.  Lewis. 


wid.  of  Franklin  ? 


■w.  of  Rev.  Elijah. 
w.  of  James, 
died  at  Yale. 


dau.  of  Joseph  and  Frances. 


m.  Day. 

m.  Tomlinson. 


w.  of  Ephraim. 


w.  of  John. 
w.  of  Philo  C. 


w.  of  John  L. 


wid.  of . 

w.  of  Robert  H. 


—233— 


Name. 


Admission. 


Wheaton,  Ann  Maria 1845      P 

Worden,  Elizabeth 1845       P 

Weed.  Susan _.   1840 

Wood,  Sarah  Ann.. 1847      P 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Ira  B 1848 

Weed,  Joseph  B 1848      P, 

Wheeler,  Jane 1852      L, 

Wheeler,  Henry  T 1852      L, 

Wordin,  Mrs.  Thomas  C. 

Whiting,  Ephraim  (soc.  1800?)..   1837 

Waterman,  Robert  H. 

Watkins,  Maria  Seeley 1845      P, 

Wheaton,  John  F 

Watkins,  Thomas  (soc.  1857) 

Wheeler,  Hannah 

Wheeler,  Ira  B 

Wells,  David  F. 1855      P, 

Winslow,  Elizabeth 1855       L 

Winslow,  Andrew  (soc.  1856, '65) 

Wheaton,  Sarah  E. 1855       L 

Wilcox,  Elias 1855      L 

Wilcox,  Eliza 1855       L 

Wade,  Munson  (soc.  1868) 1858       P 

Wales,  Sarah  I. 1857      L, 

Wales, 

Wakeman,  Mary 1858      L, 

Wakeman,  David 

Weeks,  Emily  S 1858      L, 

Weeks, 

Winslow,  Henry  T. 1858      P, 

Wordin,  Helen  C 1858      P. 

Whiting,  John 

Waller,  Urania 1859      L. 

Wales,  Caroline  M. 1859      L, 

Waller,  George  B.  (soc.  1856) 

Whitney,  Fanny  M.  (Parrott)...   1858       P, 

Watrous,  Annie . 

Watrous,  Richard.. 

Warner,  George  W. 1861       L. 

Whiting,  Henrietta  E. 1862      L. 

Wright,  William  Burr 1861      L. 

Wright,  Polly  (Burr) i86t      L. 

Winslow,  Charles 1863       P. 

Waller,  Susan  H. 1863      P. 

Wheeler,  Clarissa  L. 1863      L. 

Wheeler,  Charles  B.. 

Warner,  James  P 1864      L. 

Wordin,  Alice 1864      P. 

Wakeman,  Julia  - 1867      L. 

Warren,  Sheldon  (soc.  1868) 

Warner,  Mary  E 1867      L. 

Williams,  William  H 

Williams,  A.  W.  C.  (soc.  1868) 

Williams,  Elizabeth  H 1868      L. 

Warren,  Stanley  P 1870      L. 

Warren,  Sarah  North 1870      L. 

Waldron,  Fanny  H. 1S67      L. 


Dismission. 


1858 


1859 
1869 
1869 
1862 
1858 
1858 

i860 
i860 
1868 
1 868 
1866 
1 866 


1861 


1870 
1870 


1869 


1871 


Death. 


Remarlis. 


1852 

1888 

w.  of  John  F. 

w.  of  Joseph. 
w.  of  Sherman  S. 

1864 

1859 
1887 

1864,  cB.  74 
1855 

w.  of  Henry  T. 

Dorcas  ? 

1867 

w.  of  Thomas. 

i860,  CB.  76 

" 



■w.  of  Andrew. 

.... 



IV.  of  Elias. 



w,  of . 



w.  of  David. 



■lu.  of . 

1863,^^.22 

returning  from  war. 
dau.  of  Nathaniel  S. 

1873 

XV.  of  George  B. 
w.  of  Henry. 



w.  of  John  D. 



m.  Legrand  Sterling. 

1890 

w.  of  William  Burr. 



m.  Alex  Hawley. 
w.  of  Charles  B. 



dati.  of  Levi, 
w.  of . 

"" 

w.  of  George  W. 

.... 

w.  of  A.  W.  C. 

:::: 

w.  of  Stanley  P. 

—234— 


Name. 

Wheeler,  Horace 1864  P, 

Wordin,  Fanny  L 1864  P, 

Williams,  Helen  K 1868  P, 

Wilmot,  Sarah  M... 1869  L.        1887 

Warren,  Jane  M 1867  P. 

Wade,  George  (soc.  1835) 1868  L. 

Waterbury,  M.  Louise.- 1871  L.       1879 

Wilmot,  Samuel  R.  (soc.  1868)..   1874  P.        1877 

Wordin,  Dr.  Nathaniel  Eugene.  1873  P, 

Wilmot,  Frank  A 1876  P, 

Wheaton,  Ann  Elizabeth 1874  P- 

Wheaton,  Martha  Maria 1874  P, 

Witmeyer,  Israel  Long  - 1877  L.       1879 

Wordin,  Thomas  Cook .1876  P. 

Wilson,  Rev.  John  Saul 1878  L. 

Wilson,  Susie  Virginie  (Stevens)  1878  P. 

Wheeler,  Jennie  Grifhng 1879  P- 

Weeks,  William  Warren _.   1877  P. 

Wohlers,  Norinda  J 1880  P.!       

WoodhuU,  Elizabeth  Rogers...   1880  L.!      1893 

Woodhull,  Emma  Augusta 1880  L.[       1893 

Wilson,  Catharine  A 1881  L, 

Werner,  Mary  A. ._   1882  L, 

Werner,  Thomas  W. 1882  L.        1885 

Wolffe,  Clara  Sherwood  (Porter)  1883  P. 

White,  Robert  J.  - 1884  L. 

White,  Ellen  W 1884  L. 

Wordin,  Eliza  W.  (Barnes) 1884  L. 

Wilson,  William  H.  E 1884  P. 

Whiting,  Mary  Fanny  (Kensett)  1884  P. 

Wilson,  Bertha  Storrs  (Wheaton)  1885  P. 

Wheeler,  Robert  Edgar 1886  P. 

Wilmot,  Ethelyn  Mildred 1885  P. 

Wilson,  Isabella  Gertrude 1885  P. 

Wells,  Joseph  S 1886  L. 

Wells,  Agnes  T 1886  L. 

Wilson,  Carrie  Somers 1887  L. 

Wordin,  Frances  C. 1886  L. 

Warriner,  Dr.  M.  A.. 1890  L. 

Warriner,  Flora  C 1889  L. 

Williams,  Samuel  D.  P. 1890  L. 

Williams,  Etta  Mae 1890  L. 

Withington,  Augustus  S. 1893  P. 

Withington,  Lucy  E 1893  P. 

Walter,  Margaret  Bell 1894  P. 

Walter,  Sarah  Frances . 1894  P. 


Young,  Catharine 

Young,  Betsey bef.  1826 

Youngs,  James 1864      P. 

Zeller,  Samuel  Snively 1889      L. 

Zeller,  Nellie  Frances 1889      L. 

Zeller,  Annie  Russell 1889      L. 


1892 
1890 
i8qo 


1892 
1892 


1879 
1878 


1885 


Remarks. 


w.  of  William  H. 
w,  of  Samuel  R. 


m.  W.  Henshaw. 


s.  of  Nathaniel  S. 
s.  of  Samuel  R, 
w.  of  George  E. 
dau.  of  George  E. 


s,  of  Nathaniel  S. 


dau.  of  Charles  H. 
dau.  of  Henry  T. 


wid.  of  D.  H, 


w.  of  D.  W. 
wid.  of  Theo.  N. 
s.  of  Mary  A. 


wid.  of  Robert  J. 
w.  of  Dr.  N.  E. 


w.  of  Frank  H. 


[Bryning, 
dau.  of  Samuel  R.,  ?n.  P.  L. 
m.  C.  M.  Baer. 


w.  of  F.  M. 
w.  of  T.  Cook. 


w.  of  Dr.  M.  A. 

w.  of  s.  b.  p. 


w.  of  Augustus  S. 
dau.  of  Edward  P. 
w.  of  Edward  P. 


w.  of  Samuel  S. 
dau.  of  Samuel  S. 


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